Tammela Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Tammela is a municipality of Finland and the first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. Neighbouring municipalities are Forssa, Hämeenlinna, Jokioinen, Karkkila, Lohja, Loppi, Somero and Urjala. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Tammela is also the name of a district in the city of Tampere. In 1923 the parish of Koijärvi was established from the parishes of Tammela, Urjala, and Forssa. Koijärvi was discontinued in 1969.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kytö, Mustiala, Ojainen, Porras, Riihivalkama, Saari, Susikas, Tammela, Teuro, Torro.

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

• 2 Places in Koijärvi: • 2

Surrounding Parishes
Kalvola, Hattula, Renko, Loppi, Karkkila, Pusula, Somerniemi, Someri, Jokioinen, Forssa, Koijärvi, Urjala

Related Sources
Finland Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

Taxation

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

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