Asikkala Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Asikkala is a municipality of Finland. The municipality is unilingually Finnish, by law since 1996. The village was established prior to 1443. In 1547 it became a chapel to Hollola, and an independent parish in 1848. A previous church was built between 1608 and 1612 and was demolished in 1892. The current church was built of brick between 1877 and 1880.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Anianpelto, Asikkala, Isoäiniö, Kalkkinen, Kurhila, Pietilä, Pätiälä, Riihilahti, Urajärvi, Vesivehmaa, Viitaila, Vääksynkanava

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

Surrounding Parishes
Heinola, Hollola, Hämeenkoski, Lammi, Nastola, Padasjoki, Sysmä

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
 * 1672-1879 (*); Asikkalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1688-1850 (*); Asikkalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1763-1870 (*); Asikkalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1863-1904 (*); Asikkalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Asikkala at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Asikkala at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1610-1749 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1621-1748 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Porvoon tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1712-1798 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1750-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1861 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Heinolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1864 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration Records

 * 1900-1920 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index

Guardianship Records

 * 1712-1798 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1810-1861 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Heinolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1864 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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