Kitee Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kitee parish was founded in 1631. The first church was built in the 1640s. The second was constructed in 1670, and was replaced in 1757. The fourth church on the site was begun in 1761 and burned down in 1876. The current church was built in 1886. The Swedish name is Kides.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Haarajärvi, Juurikka, Kitee, Kiteenlahti, Muljula, Niinikumpu, Närsäkkälä, Palo-oja, Puhos, Riihijärvilo, Ruunamäki, Suorlahti, Säyneenkylä, Tasapää.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer. Finnish Names Henkiirjat 1700

Henkikirjat 1800  Surnames 1699-1700 

Surrounding Parishes
Rääkkylä, Tohmajärvi, Pälkjärvi, Ruskeala, Uukuniemi, Kesälahti

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
 * 1677-1922 (*); Kiteen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1699-1850 (*); Kiteen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1750-1873 (*); Kiteen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1864-1905 (*); Kiteen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kitee - Kides at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kitee - Kides 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

Guardianship Records

 * 1832-1868 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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