Kuusamo Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kuusamo is a town and municipality in Finland and is unilingually Finnish. Settlers in the 1670s began to displace the native Sámi, and by 1713 there were 79 settler families and only 10 Sámi. In 1680 Kuusamo was established as its own parish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Aikkila, Haataja, Käylä, Kirpistö, Kitka, Kuoliovaara, Kuusamo, Lämsä, Määttälänvaara, Murtovaara, Poussa, Suininki, Törmäsenvaara, Vasaraperä, Vuotunki.

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

Surnames
1738

Surrounding Parishes
Salla, Suomussalmi, Taivalkoski, Posio

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
 * 1659-1907 (*); Kuusamon 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
 * 1730-1850 (*); Kuusamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1760-1866 (*); Kuusamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1867-1906 (*); Kuusamon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kuusamo at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kuusamo at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1728-1807 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Länsipohjan pohjoinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1776-1810 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kemin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1777-1810 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kemin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1785-1805 (*); Erikoistuomioistuimet (Kuopio) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kemin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - 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