Käkisalmi Parish, Viipuri, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Käkisalmi is a former Finnish municipality which was ceded to the Soviet Union as part of the Moscow Peace Treaty. It is now called Priozersk, and is located in Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. On October 1, 1948, Keksgolm was renamed Priozersk as a part of the campaign to rename localities in the areas annexed from Finland after the Second World War. Priozersk was settled with mainly Russians, Belorussian, and Ukrainian migrants, who have since comprised the majority of the local population. The municipality was surrounded by Käkisalmi rural municipality (Käkisalmen maalaiskunta, Swedish: Kexholms landskommun). The municipality included a Lutheran church and the Orthodox Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Käkisalmen Neitsyt Marian syntymän kirkko). The Swedish name is Kexholm and Kexholms landskommun.

Villages
In 1922 the following villages were found in this parish: Ala-Puusti or Alapuusti, Hirvisaari, Joensuu, Kapeasalmi, Marjalanniemi, Norsjoki, Näpinlahti, Ostamo, Pärnä, Pörtsykkä, Sakkali, Suotniemi, Suikalahti, Tenkalahti, Vuohensalo ja Ylä-Puusti or Yläpuusti.

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

Surnames
1690 1860

Surrounding Parishes
Kaukola, Pyhäjärvi, Räisälä

Church Records
FamilySearch has records from both Käkisalmi city parish (Käkisalmen kaupunkiseurakunta, Swedish: Kexholms stadsförsamling) and Käkisalmi rural parish (Käkisalmen maaseurakunta, Swedish: Käkisalmi landsförsamling).
 * 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
 * 1690-1887 (*); Käkisalmen kaupunki- ja maaseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1690-1909 (*); Käkisalmen kaupunki- ja maaseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1690-1933 (*); Käkisalmen kaupunki- ja maaseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1772-1860 (*); Käkisalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1848-1905 (*); Käkisalmen kaupunki- ja maaseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1861-1880 (*); Käkisalmen kaupunki- ja maaseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Käkisalmi - Kexholm (msrk - lf) 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