Farms

Oldest farms in Kuusamo

Oldest farms in Kitka

18th century farms

Lapp farms

Literacy in Lappland

Pastor's tour

Order of the graves

Explanations

You can find on Finnish side (Kuusamo/Käräjät) lists of persons appearing in the Kuusamo court.

Filenames (tiedosto) refer to photos on Simo Ruokamo's web pages http://oirula.kuvat.fi/ (Kuva pankki -> Lähteitä -> Alkuperäisiä -> Käräjäpöytäkirjoja -> Kemin ja Tornion lappi).

The basis for table of the oldest farms in Kuusamo and Kitka is year 1710 tax book. Information from other tax books are combined to it. Table of latter 1700s farms is based on various sources including 1750s and 1760s tax books.

Columns in tables:

Numbers refer to 1700s. 05, 27, 62 means years 1705, 1727, 1762

Määttä: Italic marked information is from other sources

tyhjä: 15 empty

autio: abandoned farm – no one paying taxes

(27): settler's name without location

lp.: lapp / sami

32K: Pastor's tour 1732

38H, 38HE: Hackzell 1738

87C, 87CE: Heikinheimo: Carpelan 1787

M1/Ki1/Ku1: Maanselkä/Kitka/Kuusamo 1757

H1 Heikkilä farm number 1, 1767 onwards

L1 Lämsä

Pu1 Poussu

K1 Kirkonkylä

V1 Vasaraperä

P1 Posio

A1 Alakitka

Tables contain too many farms, because we have not been able to combine successfully information from various sources. The combining of information has likely resulted in few errors.