Kuhmalahti Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kuhmalahti is a former municipality of Finland and it was consolidated with the municipality of Kangasala on January 1, 2011 and is unilingually Finnish. Kuhmalahti was originally a chapel congregation to Kangasala in the 1640s. In 1896 it was transferred to the Sahalahti, and became independent in 1901. The first church in Kuhmalahti was built around 1640. The second church was built in 1780, and the current church was built in 1846. The Swedish name is Kuhmalax.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kuhmalahti, Vehkajärvi.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer. • 2

Census

 * 1549-1714 (*) 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
 * 1684-1919 (*); Kuhmalahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1698-1881 (*); Kuhmalahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1835-1875 (*); Kuhmalahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kuhmalahti at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kuhmalahti 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