Kokemäki Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kokemäki is a town and municipality in the Satakunta Region of Finland. The Kokemäenjoki river flows from Lake Liekovesi, in the Pirkanmaa region, through Kokemäki and in to the Gulf of Bothnia at Pori. According to the town's official website, Kokemäki was granted a town charter in 1869. The municipality of Kauvatsa was merged with Kokemäki in 1969. Kokemäki was granted city status in 1977. The municipality is unilingual with the vast majority of the population speaking Finnish. The Swedish name is Kumo.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kokemäki, Kyttälä, Peipohja, Riste, Säpilä, Tulkkila.

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

Church Records

 * 1630-1897 (*); Kokemäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1662-1850 (*); Kokemäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1727-1861 (*); Kokemäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1862-1906 (*); Kokemäen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kokemäki - Kumo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kokemäki - Kumo 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