Kaarina Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kaarina is a small town and municipality located in the Southwest Finland region and is a neighbouring town of Turku, which is the capital of Southwest Finland, therefore Kaarina is a part of the Greater Turku region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish, with a Swedish minority. Bilinguality was proposed but rejected in 2015. The municipality of Kuusisto was consolidated with Kaarina in 1946. The municipality of Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on January 1, 2009. The Swedish name is S:t Karins.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kaarina, Littoinen, Rantakulma.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Lieto, Piikkiö, Kuusisto, Kakserta, Turku, Maaria

Census

 * 1540-1713 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1635-1937 (*); Kaarinan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1682-1850 (*); Kaarinan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1691-1877 (*); Kaarinan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * Kaarina - S:t Karins at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images

Court Records

 * 1623-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Halikon tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1707-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Piikkiön ja Halikon alinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1862 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Piikkiön ja Halikon ylinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration Records

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

Guardianship Records

 * 1707-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Piikkiön ja Halikon alinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1862 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Piikkiön ja Halikon ylinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Land and Property

 * 1707-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Piikkiön ja Halikon alinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1862 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Piikkiön ja Halikon ylinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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