Kivijärvi Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kivijärvi is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Karstula, Kinnula, Kyyjärvi, Perho and Viitasaari and the municipality is unilingually Finnish. In 1934 the municipality of Kannonkoski was formed from the southeastern villages of Kivijärvi and the southwestern villages of Viitasaari. In 2007 the parish of Kivijärvi was joined to Saarijärvi parish.

Villages
Kivijärvi As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kivijärvi, Puralankylä. Kannonkoski As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Haapajärvi, Kannonjärvi, Kannonkoski, Kannonpää, Varanen, Vuoskoski.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kinnula, Viitasaari, Kannonkoski, Karstula, Kyyjärvi, Perho

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
 * 1737-1858 (*); Kivijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1737-1947 (*); Kivijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1772-1874 (*); Kivijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1865-1905 (*); Kivijärven seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kivijärvi - Kivijärv at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kivijärvi - Kivijärv 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