Kauvatsa Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kauvatsa is a former Finnish municipality. The first church was a chapel of Huittinen parish, built in 1646. It was demolished in 1800 and a new church was built which was in use until 1879 when the current church was constructed.

Founded as the Huittinen prayer house in 1646. but only got its own preacher in 1761. Became a chapel in 1812 and was ordered to be separated into its own parent congregation in 1892. Only got its own vicar in 1918.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kauvatsa.

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

Finland's Family History Association. Sukuhistoria. https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/index_eng.htm ; webpage for the Kauvatsa Parish.

=== Surrounding Parishes ===


 * Huittinen
 * Keikyä
 * Kiikkaa
 * Kiikoinen
 * Kokemäki
 * Kullaa
 * Lavia  Kauvatsa, Turku-Pori, Finland.jpg

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
 * 1753-1860 (*); Kauvatsan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1753-1948 (*); Kauvatsan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1761-1850 (*); Kauvatsan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1861-1905 (*); Kauvatsan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kauvatsa 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