Kurikka Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kurikka is a municipality of Finland. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Jurva was consolidated to Kurikka on 1 January 2009 and the municipality of Jalasjärvi on 1 January 2016. The Kurika chapel was founded in 1672. The municipality became independent from Ilmajoki in 1868.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kakkuri, Kurikka, Lohiluoma, Luopa, Mieto, Opas, Panttila, Polvenkylä.

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
 * 1685-1853 (*); Kurikan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1685-1922 (*); Kurikan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1722-1864 (*); Kurikan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1851-1906 (*); Kurikan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kurikka at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kurikka 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