Kiikka Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kiikka is a former Finnish municipality located in Turku-Pori County. In 1981, Kiikka was merged with Keikyä to form the municipality of Äetsä. Today, Äetsä belongs to the city of Sastamala. The church was built in 1807.

A chapel that belonged to the Tyrvää parish, founded in 1662. The first church built in 1681. The parent parish's chaplain lived in Kiikka since 1570, and they remained common to the parent congregation and the chapel until 1870. Kiikka was ordered to separate into its own parish in 1906, realized in 1922.

Records Loss
The vicarage caught fire on 23/7 1930, but the fire was smothered in the bud. O. Durchman, The destruction of church archives. Genos 3 (1932).

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Illo, Kiikka, Kiimajärvi, Aetsä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kiikoinen,Vammala, Huittinen, Keikyä, Kiikoinen

Census

 * 1540-1714 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1540-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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
 * 1697-1860 (*); Kiikan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1697-1945 (*); Kiikan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1699-1862 (*); Kiikan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1863-1905 (*); Kiikan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kiikka at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kiikka at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1750-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ylä-Satakunnan 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