Alavieska Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Alavieska is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Kalajoki, Merijärvi, Oulainen and Ylivieska. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Alavieska was founded in 1733 as the preaching house to Kalajoki parish and in 1782 it became a chapel. The parish became independent in 1870. The first church was built in 1651 with a replacement built on the same site in 1795. This church was destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike on May 2, 1916. The current church was completed in 1948.

Villages
Between 1919 and 1931 the following villages were found in this parish: Alavieska, Kähtävä, Somero, Taluskylä, and Ylikääntä. As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alavieska, Kähtävä, Ylikääntä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Merijärvi, Oulainen, Ylivieska, Sievi, Rautio, Kalajoki

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
 * 1723-1850 (*); Alavieskan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1723-1885 (*); Alavieskan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1782-1877 (*); Alavieskan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1856-1903 (*); Alavieskan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Alavieska at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Alavieska 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