Ranua Parish, Lappi, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Ranua is a current municipality of Finland. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality takes its name from a farm established in the 18th century. Based on linguistic informaton, the first non-Sámi inhabitants of the area were probably speakers of a Tavastian dialect of Finnish from the south-west. The parish was founded in 1899, and the church was consecrated in 1914. The municipality of Ranua was founded in 1917.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kuha, Nuupas, Petäjäjärvi, Ranua, Rovastinaho, Saukkojärvi, Simojärvi, Ylisimo.

Surrounding Parishes
Rovaniemi, Posio, Pudasjärvi, Kuivaniemi, Simo, Tervola

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

Court Records

 * 1810-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kemin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images

Emigration and Immigration Records

 * 1900-1920 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index

Guardianship Records

 * 1810-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kemin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images

Land and Property Records

 * 1810-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kemin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images

Probate Records

 * 1738-1870 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Kemin tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images

Taxation Records

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images