Tiukka Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Tiukka, until 1919 Kristiinakaupunkin maalaiskunta, Swedish: Kristinestads landskommun, Kristinestads landsförsamling), is a former Finnish municipality. Tiuka's name is mentioned for the first time in 1303 when Birger Magnusson (Birger Maununpoika) gave three men the right to cultivate land. The Swedish name is Tjöck.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Tiukka, Tjöck.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer. Butsbacken, Puskamark (Påskmark), Tiukka (Tjöck)

Surrounding Parishes
Närpiö, Teuva, Karijoki, Lapväärtti, Kristiinankaupunki

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
 * 1685-1897 (*); Kristiinankaupungin seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kristinestads landsförs - Kristiina 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