Ii Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Ii is a municipality of Finland and is unilingually Finnish. Ii merged with Kuivaniemi on 1 January 2007. The formed municipality is called Ii but it adopted the coat of arms of Kuivaniemi. Ii is notable for having the shortest place name in Finland, and also one of the shortest ones in the world. Sometime after 1340 the village became a chapel to Pietarsaari parish and became independent no later than 1445. The first church burned down in 1582 during a Russian incursion into the area. The second church was completed in 1588, but was burned by Russians the very next year. The next church was completed in 1621, and burned down due to a lightning strike in 1693. The next church built in 1694 was destroyed in a fire in 1942. The parish's new church was completed in 1950. The Swedish name is Ijo.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ii, Olhava.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kuivaniemi, Yli-Ii, Haukipudas

Church Records

 * 1558-1909 (*); Iin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1666-1851 (*); Iin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1700-1869 (*); Iin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1870-1907 (*); Iin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Ii at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images	*Ii 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