Oulainen Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Oulainen is a town and a municipality of Finland. Neighboring municipalities are Alavieska, Haapavesi, Merijärvi, Pyhäjoki, Raahe and Ylivieska. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. In addition to the town center, the municipality includes the villages of Kilpua, Lehtopää, Matkaniva, Petäjäskoski, Piipsjärvi and Honkaranta. Oulainen became a chapel congregation to Pyhäjoki in 1682, when the first church was built. When the congregation outgrew it a new church was built in 1753. The Swedish name is Oulais.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Annonen, Häkkilä, Kilpua, Lehtopää, Matkanival, Oulainen, Petäjäskoski, Piipsjärvi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Vihanti, Haapavesi, Ylivieska, Alavieska, Merijärvi, Pyhäjoki

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
 * 1719-1907 (*); Oulaisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1758-1875 (*); Oulaisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1863-1907 (*); Oulaisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1719-1863 (*); Oulaisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Oulainen at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Oulainen 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