Parkano Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Parkano is mentioned as inhabited in a land register dated 1540.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alaskylä, Kiviluoma, Kovalahti, Kovesjoki, Kuivasjärvi, Lamminkoski, Lapinneva, Parkano, Vahojärvi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Jalasjärvi, Peräseinäjoki, Virrat, Kihniö, Kuru, Ikaalinen, Jämijärvi, KJankaanpää, Karvia

Census

 * 1540-1639 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1540-1809 (*) 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
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1799-1946 (*); Parkanon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1807-1863 (*); Parkanon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1807-1868 (*); Parkanon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1846-1900 (*); Parkanon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Parkano at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Parkano 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