Padasjoki Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Padasjoki is a municipality of Finland and is unilingually Finnish. Padasjoki is first mentioned in historical sources in 1436. There is no certain information about the independence of Padasjoki parish, but the earliest mention of it is from 1465 and it was probably an independent parish at least as early as 1497. The first church was built in the second half of the 15th century. In the years 1668–1670, a new, wooden church was built on the site. That church burned down on 6 April 1924. The current stone church was built in 1928.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Arrakoski, Auttoinen, Kasiniemi, Kellosalmi, Maakoski, Nyystölä, Padasjoki, Torittu, Verho, Vesijako, Virmaila.

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

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
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1723-1898 (*); Padasjoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1731-1865 (*); Padasjoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1739-1860 (*); Padasjoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1866-1907 (*); Padasjoen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Padasjoki at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Padasjoki 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