Valkeala Parish, Kymi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Valkeala is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland, and is a neighbor of the city of Kouvola. It was also a part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. As of 2009, the six municipalities – Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala – were consolidated, accounting for the new municipality of Kouvola with a population of over 80,000, being the 10th largest city in Finland.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Voikoski, Vuohijärvi.

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

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Taxation Records

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images