Vahto Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Vahto is a former municipality of Finland and was consolidated with Rusko on January 1, 2009. Vahto was one of the 18 municipalities in the Turku region, and due to its close proximity to the center of Turku, it may also be considered part of the Turku metropolitan area. In the north, Vahto shared a common boundary mark with seven other municipalities. This famous site, called Kuhankuono in Finnish, is also a pre-historical border mark between Southwest Finland and the other Finnish provinces. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Vahto.

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
 * 1718-1866 (*); Vahdon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1720-1949 (*); Vahdon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1741-1873 (*); Vahdon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1867-1904 (*); Vahdon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Vahto at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Vahto 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