Jämsä Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland and is Finnish. The municipality of Kuorevesi was consolidated with Jämsä in 2001, the municipality of Längelmäki was partly consolidated with Jämsä in 2007 and the municipality of Jämsänkoski was consolidated with Jämsä in the beginning of 2009. The earliest mention of Jämsä is from 1442. Originally, Jämsä was part of Hauho parish, and in 1582 it became part of Sääksmäki parish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alhojärvi, Arvoja, Hassi, Hopsu, Juhola, Juokslahti, Jämsä, Partalankoski, Patajoki, Turkki, Vaheri.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Koskenpää, Jämsänkoski, Korpilahti, Luhanka, Kuhmoinen, Längelmäki, Kuorevesi

Census

 * 1539-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1622-1889 (*); Jämsän 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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1696-1850 (*); Jämsän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1726-1871 (*); Jämsän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1852-1905 (*); Jämsän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Jämsä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Jämsä 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