Kauhajoki Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kauhajoki is a municipality in Finland. The city is unilingually Finnish. Permanent settlement in the Kauhajoki area began in the 16th century and in 1584 a chapel was built in Kauhajoki. Kauhajoki is named after the river of the same name that flows through it. According to the history of the Kauhajoki chapel in the Kauhajoki church archives, the chapel was once known in Swedish as Sleff-åå or Kapustajoki.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Aronkylä, Harja, Harjankylä, Нуурр, Kainasto, Kauhajoki, Luomankylä, Nummijärvi, Päntäne.

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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1691-1850 (*); Kauhajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1691-1905 (*); Kauhajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1691-1923 (*); Kauhajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1736-1858 (*); Kauhajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kauhajoki at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kauhajoki 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