Karuna Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Karuna is a former Finnish municipality. It was separated into its own municipality from Sauvo in 1869. It officially became an independent parish in 1908. Before that, it was a chapel congregation to Sauvo from the 1680s. In 1969, Karuna was mostly annexed back to Sauvo, excluding the village of Santasaari (Sandö), which was annexed to Kemiö.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Karuna, Torikka.

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
 * 1704-1881 (*); Karunan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1704-1948 (*); Karunan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1867 (*); Karunan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1868-1904 (*); Karunan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Karuna at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Karuna 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