Juva Parish, Mikkeli, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Juva is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region some 170 miles North-East of Helsinki. It was founded on 19 January 1442, and is the oldest parish/municipality in Finland whose exact date of birth is known. At the time, it was only the second parish in Eastern Finland, and later, several other parishes were separated from it, such as Sääminki, present-day Savonlinna, Kuopio, Pieksämäki and Joroinen. Secular municipal administration was established in 1868. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hastola, Härkälä, Juva, Karkiamaa, Koikkala, Loukio, Maivala, Narila, Nuutilanmäki, Näärinki, Otamo, Rantuu, Risulahti, Vuorenmaa.

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
 * 1700-1882 (*); Juvan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1718-1850 (*); Juvan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1741-1879 (*); Juvan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1867-1905 (*); Juvan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Juva at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Juva - Jockas 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