Masku Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Masku is a municipality of Finland and is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as Masko in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as Masku also in Swedish. On January 1, 2009 the municipalities of Askainen and Lemu were consolidated with Masku. Masku was mentioned as an independent parish in 1234. The parish is home to the Kankainen and Louhisaari estates. The stone church was probably built around 1490–1510 and is dedicated to John the Baptist and Saint Ursula.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Karinkylä, Masku, Niemenkulma, Piuha.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Nousiainen, Vahto, Rusko, Naantali, Merimasku, Lemu

Census

 * 1540-1759 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1540-1949 (*); Maskun 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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1687-1875 (*); Maskun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1695-1863 (*); Maskun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1864-1904 (*); Maskun seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Masku at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Masku 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