Puolanka Parish, Oulu, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Puolanka is a municipality in Finland and is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Puolanka was established in the year of 1867. In that same year the Puolanka parish became independent from the Hyrynsalmi church to which it was created as a chapel in 1764. The municipal council of Puolanka was formed in the year of 1916. The previous church was built in 1764 and was destroyed by lightning in 1949. The current church was built in 1954. The Swedish name is Puolango.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Aittokylä, Askankylä, Askanmäki, Auho, Kotila, Kuirivaara, Puolanka, Rasi, Törmänmäki, Vaaranniva, Väyrylänkylä, Puokio.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Pudasjärvi, Suomussalmi, Hyrynsalmi, Ristijärvi, Paltamo, Säräisniemi, Utajärvi

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
 * 1775-1911 (*); Puolangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1789-1860 (*); Puolangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1789-1867 (*); Puolangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Puolanka at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Puolanka 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