Renko Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Renko is a former municipality of Finland which was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 1 January 2009. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The village has traditionally been a chapel congregation, but it belonged to two congregations. The northern part of Renko belonged to the parish of Vanaja and the southern part to the parish of Janakkala. The chapel is first named in documents from 1440, but it is certainly known to be much older. However, the congregation only got its first priest in the 18th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, Renko and Vanaja were combined with the parish of Hämeenlinna, but in 1879 Renko was ordered to be separated into its own parish. However, this decision was not implemented until 1900. The Swedish name is Rengo.

Records Loss
There was a fire in the rectory on February 13, 1937, but the threat was limited to smoldering, which was suppressed. O. Durchman, "The Destruction of Church Achives. Supplement VIII." Genos 15 (1944).

Villages
In 1922 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahoinen, Asemi, Kaloinen, Kuittila, Lietsa, Muurila, Nevilä, Oinaala, Uusikylä, Vaimare, and Vehmainen. As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahoinen, Kaloinen, Lukana, Oinaala, Renko.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Vanaja, Janakkala, Loppi, Tammelp, Hattula, Hämeenlinna

Census

 * 1539-1809 (*) 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
 * 1704-1906 (*); Rengon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1704-1929 (*); Rengon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1707-1859 (*); Rengon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1863-1899 (*); Rengon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Renko at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Renko 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