Harjavalta Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Harjavalta is a town and municipality of Finland located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Earliest signs of habitation in the area have been dated to 1200 BC. Various different writings of the name in documents of the 15th century at the Turku Cathedral are Harianwalta, Hariawalta, Hariaualdastha, Harianwaltha ja Harianwaltaby. Mentioned as Kokemäki prayer house as early as 1392. Separated into its own parish in 1868.

The rectory and most of the archive, e.g. The confession books 1807-89 and the history books 1793-1889, burned on 11/11 1889. In the war of independence in 1918, the rebels destroyed the church account books that were in the possession of the church administrator. [O. Durchman: The destruction of church archives. Genos 3(1932)]

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Harjavalta, Kumpu, Satalinna.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Nakkila, Kokemäki (Kumo), Kiukainen

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
 * 1708-1807 (*); Harjavallan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1731-1793 (*); Harjavallan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1760-1806 (*); Harjavallan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1891-1900 (*); Harjavallan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Harjavalta at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Harjavalta 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