Puolanka Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Puolanka is a municipality in Finland located in the Kainuu region and the municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Puolanka was established in the year of 1867. In that same year the Puolanka parish became independent from the Hyrynsalmi church to which it had previously belonged to administratively. The municipal council of Puolanka was formed in the year of 1916. The Swedish name is Puolango.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Aittokylä, Askankylä, Askanmäki, Auho, Kotila, Kuirivaara, Puolanka, Rasi, Törmänmäki, Vaaranniva, Väyrylänkylä, Puokio.

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
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1775-1911 (*); Puolangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1789-1860 (*); Puolangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1789-1867 (*); Puolangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Puolanka at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Puolanka 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