Janakkala Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Janakkala is a municipality of Finland and its administrative centre is in Turenki, which is often erroneously shown on maps as being Janakkala. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. To the south, Janakkala shares a boundary with Riihimäki, the Northern neighbour being Hämeenlinna. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahtola, Janakkala, Leppäkoski, Mallinkainen, Napiala, Punkka, Saloranta, Tervakoski, Turenki, Vähikkälä.

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

Alasmäki, Berttula, Contila, Cumola, Eskola, Hampula, Heikkilä, Hijtis, Hunsa, Hyvickälä, Hyvälammi, Ilola, Jaakkola, Jokela, Joutjärvi, Järvenpää, Kapulasilta, Kerkola, Kernala, Kiipula, Kilpiälä, Kinnaila, Kirrkomäki, Kirkkoportti, Knutila, Kockila, Korpimattila, Kuotola, Kupi, Kurk, Kyöstilä, Köykkälä, Lassila, Lehmälä, Lempeldo, Lepistö, Lilja, Manickala,Marjamäki, Marttila, Melkola, Mikkola, Mäenpää, Mäkelä, Mäyränpäällystä, Napiala, Ninisalo, Nuoliala, Ojamo, Oravala, Paavola, Pellonpää, Rajala, Rautoja, Sauvala, Selin, Seppälä, Sikala, Sillanpää, Sipilä, Taappola, Takala, Tarpio, Tervakoski, Tietty, Toffala, Tuomola, Turingi, Unkila, Uotila, Wanantaka, Vanhala, Wendelä, Wirala, Wähickälä, Ylöstalo, Äijälä

Related Sources
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Taxation

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

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