Eurajoki Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Eurajoki is a municipality of Finland. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The church in Eurajoki was built in 1803. It is also known as Kustaa II Aadolfin kirkko (Gustav II Adolph church). The Swedish name is Euraåminne. It is one of the oldest parishes in Finland, it is mentioned as early as 1346. Eurajoki has included the Luvia chapel and the Irjante prayer house. The Luvia chapel was apparently founded as early as 1558, separated in 1901 as an independent parish, completed in 1909.

Offerings were ordered to be carried for the church on 22/3 1693. The prayer room in Irjante was looted during the Isoviha. The parsonage burned down on All Saints' Day 1/11 1803, at the same time as the new church was consecrated. The church was looted during the Isoviha. The rectory was burned down during the War of Independence on 11-12/4 1918. The following were destroyed: b. catalog 1884-1897, vih. list 1900-1907, 1899, changed. list 1910-1917, book of outside parishioners 1884-1897-1917, list of seminary students, Eurajoki and Irjante inventory books, minutes of the church council. [O. Durchman: The destruction of church archives. Genos 3(1932), Supplement III and IV. Genos 4(1933). Supplement VII. Genos 6(1935). Supplement VIII. Genos (1944).]

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Auvi, Eurajoki, Irjanne, Karra, Kuivalahti, Lapijoki, Lutta, Olkiluoto, Vuojoki.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Luvia, Kiukainen, Eura, Lappi, Rauma, Rauma maalaiskunta (rural parish)

Church Records

 * 1507-1918 (*); Eurajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1647-1863 (*); Eurajoen 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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1737-1885 (*); Eurajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1864-1903 (*); Eurajoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Eurajoki - Euraåminne at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Eurajoki - Euraåminne 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