Kestilä Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
The original inhabitants were Sami, but they were displaced by people from Savonia following the Swedish crown's settlement policy to send people north to counter Russian attempts at settlement. The first permanent settlements were destroyed in the 1570-1595 war between Sweden and Russia. The parish was originally a chapel belonging to Salo parish. In 2009 Kestilä, Piippola, Pulkkila, and Rantsila were merged to form Siikalatva municipality.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kestilä, Mulkua, Myllykoski.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Liminka, Muhos, Säräisniemi, Voulijoki, Pyhäntä, Piippola, Pulkkila, Rantsila

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
 * 1853-1930 (*); Kestilän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1857-1876 (*); Kestilän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1857-1905 (*); Kestilän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kestilä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images

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