Tyrvää Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
The parish has also been called Ala-Sastamala, (Nedre Sastamala), and Kalliala. It was merged with Vammala in 1973, which in turn became part of the city of Sastamala in 2009. Originally it was a chapel belonging to Karkku. It was made a church in 1466, and became an independent parish in 1520. The chapels of Kiikala (1662-1906), Kiikoinen (1847-1904) once belonged to Tyrvää parish. Sammaljoki prayer house, founded in 1827 was added to Tyrvää in 2003. The Swedish name is Tyrvis.

The vicarage burned down in the War of Independence on 17 April 1918, as did the Sammaljoki church on 19 April 1918. The archive was saved in the fire of the vicarage, when the vicar was forced to move with his documents to the side of Vammala. [O. Durchman: The destruction of church archives. Genos 3(1932)]

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Lantula, Laukula, Sammaljoki, Stormi, Tyrvää.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Huittinen, Karkku, Kiikka, Mouhijärvi, Punkalaidun, Vesilahti

Church Records

 * 1466-1949 (*); Tyrvään seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1646-1855 (*); Tyrvään 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
 * 1693-1865 (*); Tyrvään seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1865-1901 (*); Tyrvään seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Tyrvää at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Tyrvää 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