Urjala Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Urjala is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Akaa, Forssa, Humppila, Hämeenlinna, Punkalaidun, Sastamala, Tammela, and Vesilahti. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The village is named for the first time in 1390 as "Urdhiala". In 1483 it was separated from Sääksmäki. The parish originally was a chapel congregation to Akaa but became an independent parish in 1590. The current church was built in 1860.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hanhisuo, Honkola, Kehro, Laukeela, Matku, Menonen, Nuutajärvi, Raitoo, Tursa, Urjala, Urjalankylä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Vesilahti, Viiala, Kylmökoski, Akaa, Humppila, Punkalaidun

Census

 * 1539-1713 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1626-1912 (*); Urjalan 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
 * 1670-1850 (*); Urjalan 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
 * 1738-1863 (*); Urjalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1861-1902 (*); Urjalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Urjala at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Urjala 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