Kalajoki Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kalajoki is a coastal town and municipality of Finland. Kalajoki is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The first reference to Kalajoki can be found from the beginning of 16th century and it got the status of a parish in 1525, it was designated as a regional parish in 1545. This status ended with the abolishment of the parish form of organization in the early 1860s.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Etelänkylä, Jokisuu, Kalajoki, Metsä, Pohjankylä, Roukala, Siironen, Tynkä, Vasankari.

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

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
 * 1675-1904 (*); Kalajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1688-1850 (*); Kalajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1865-1905 (*); Kalajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1782-1857 (*); Kalajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kalajoki at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kalajoki 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