Kaskinen Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kaskinen is a Finnish city. The city was founded in 1785 on Kaskinen island. Older forms of the island's name found in documents are Kaskisöyen (1546), Casköö (1553), Kaskisöö (1573) and later Kaski or Kyperäsaari kaupunki (1844). Although the oldest known written mention of the name Kaskinen is from 1863. The Swedish name is Kaskö.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kaskinen, Kaskö.

Surrounding Parishes
Närpiö

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
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1789-1866 (*); Kaskisen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1789-1940 (*); Kaskisen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1798-1867 (*); Kaskisen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kaskinen - Kaskö at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kaskinen - Kaskö at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1785-1805 (*); Erikoistuomioistuimet (Kuopio) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1817-1862 (*); Raastuvanoikeus (Kaskinen) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1817-1918 (*); Kansallisarkisto (Helsinki) 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