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 and it is part of the Pirkanmaa region, near Forssa. Neighbouring municipalities are Akaa, Forssa, Humppila, Hämeenlinna, Punkalaidun, Sastamala, Tammela, and Vesilahti. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

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

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 Record

 * 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