Kankaanpää Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

Guide to Kankaanpää parish, Finland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
Kankaanpää is a municipality in Finland founded in 1865, it then became a township in 1967 and finally a town in 1972. Oldest houses that area found from the documents of Sweden-Finland are from the 1560s. The church was built in 1839. In 1737 Kankaanpää received a preaching house as part of Ikaalinen. Kankaanpää became its own parish in 1841, and Hongonjoki (now Honkajoki) and Karvia were later separated from it.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alahonkajoki, Hapuoja, Каарра, Kankaanpää, Lohikko, Niinisalo, Venesjärvi, Veneskoski, Vihteljärvi.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer.

Surrounding Parishes
Honkajoki, Karvia, Parkano, Jämijärvi, Ikaalinen, Suodenniemi, Lavia, Pomarkku, Siikainen

Census

 * 1540-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1560-1639 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1760-1863 (*); Kankaanpään seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1760-1901 (*); Kankaanpään seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1764-1865 (*); Kankaanpään seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1856-1905 (*); Kankaanpään seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kankaanpää at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kankaanpää at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Emigration and Immigration Records

 * 1900-1920 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index

Taxation Records

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images