Nastola Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Nastola is a former municipality of Finland and it was merged to the city of Lahti on 1 January 2016. Nastola is located between two major cities: Lahti and Kouvola and the municipality was unilingually Finnish. The municipality is home to Seesta manor. Nastola became a chapel to Hollola parish in 1555 and an independent parish in 1860. The first church, built in 1660, was destroyed by fire. The current church was built in 1804.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahtiala, Haikula, Hiekkanummi, Immilä, Mäkelä, Nastola, Ruuhijärvi, Seesta, Uusikylä, Villähde, Ylä-Järvinen.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Heinola, Iitti, Orimattila, Lahti, Hollola, Asikkala

Census

 * 1760-1809 (*) 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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1689-1851 (*); Nastolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1689-1914 (*); Nastolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1750-1859 (*); Nastolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1860-1913 (*); Nastolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Nastola at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Nastola 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