Kuru Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kuru is a former municipality of Finland, now part of the town of Ylöjärvi. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Kuru was created in 1656 as a chapel congregation to Ruovesi. The first church was completed in 1778, but it burned down in the summer of the following year, as the result of a lightning strike. It became an independent parish in 1872. The existing church was built in 1781.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Aurejärvi, Kuru, Luode, Parkkuu, Poikelus.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Virrat, Ruovesi, Teisko, Viljakkala, Ikaalinen, Parkano, Kihniö

Census

 * 1560-1714 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1560-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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
 * 1697-1891 (*); Kurun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1722-1858 (*); Kurun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1744-1866 (*); Kurun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1838-1904 (*); Kurun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kuru at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kuru 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