Lempäälä Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Lempäälä is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland and is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality center of Lempäälä is situated on an isthmus between the lakes Vanajavesi and Pyhäjärvi which are connected by the Kuokkalankoski rapids and the canal of Lempäälä that was built during the 1870s and is still in use. The first written account of the parish of Lempäälä is from 1430.

The following estates (manors) are found in the parish: Hietaniemi, Innilä, Kelho, Kukkola, Kulju, Laikka, Lastunen (Swedish: Lastus), Lopenkartano (Swedish Loppi), Sotavalta (Swedish: Såtevalla), Tolvila and Viiala. The Swedish name is Lembois.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hollo, Kulju, Lempäälä, Mattila, Moisio, Rantoo, Säijää, Sääksjärvi.

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

Finnish Names Swedish Names Henkikirjat

Surrounding Parishes
Tampere, Messukylä, Kangasala, Valkeakoski, Sääksmäki, Akaa, Viiala, Vesilahti, Pirkkala

Census

 * 1540-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1458-1917 (*); Lempäälän 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
 * 1661-1854 (*); Lempäälän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1736-1910 (*); Lempäälän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1860-1907 (*); Lempäälän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Lempäälä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Lempäälä 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