Kärkölä Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kärkölä is a municipality of Finland. Neighbour municipalities are Hausjärvi, Hollola, Hämeenlinna, Mäntsälä and Orimattila. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Kärkölä originally was part of Hollola parish, and in 1711 it became a chapel of Hollola parish. The first church was completed in 1754 and the current church was built in 1889.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Järvelä, Kärkölä, Lappila, Mertie.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Hollola, Orimattila, Mäntsälä, Hausjärvi, Lammi, Hämeenkoski

Census

 * 1634-1809 (*) 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
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1728-1850 (*); Kärkölän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1728-1896 (*); Kärkölän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1756-1864 (*); Kärkölän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1849-1905 (*); Kärkölän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kärkölä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kärkölä at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1610-1749 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1712-1798 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1750-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1864 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration Records

 * 1900-1920 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index

Guardianship Records

 * 1712-1798 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1864 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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