Juuka Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Juuka is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Kuopio, Kaavi, Kontiolahti, Lieksa, Nurmes, Polvijärvi and Rautavaara and the municipality is unilingually Finnish. . The parish was initially a prayer house for Pielisjärvi and Nurmes parishes. It became its own parish since 1873. The current church was completed in the 1850s, but it was preceded by two earlier churches. The Swedish name is Juga.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahmovaara, Halivaara, Juuka, Kajoo, Kopravaara, Nunnanlahti, Paalasmaa, Rasivaara, Vuokko.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Nurmes, Pielisjärvi, Kontiolahti, Polvijärvi, Kaavi, Säyneinen, Rautavaara

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
 * 1754-1887 (*); Juuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1773-1861 (*); Juuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1773-1870 (*); Juuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1851-1926 (*); Juuan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Juuka at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Juuka 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