Luhanka Parish, Mikkeli, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Luhanka is a municipality of Finland. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighboring municipalities are Hartola, Joutsa, Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Kuhmoinen and Sysmä. The Swedish name is Luhango.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Judinsalo, Luhanka, Tammijärvi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Korpilahti, Leivonmäki, Joutsa, Hartola, Sysmä, Kuhmoinen, Jämsä

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
 * 1761-1895 (*); Luhangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1767-1850 (*); Luhangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1772-1879 (*); Luhangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1850-1907 (*); Luhangan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Luhanka at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Luhanka at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1760-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Heinolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1861 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Heinolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1827-1850 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Heinolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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