Kangasala Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kangasala is a city in Finland, next to Tampere and was founded in 1865. The municipality of Sahalahti was consolidated to Kangasala on 1 January 2005, and the municipality of Kuhmalahti on 1 January 2011. The manors of Liuksiala, Vääksyn (Växiö), Lihasula, Sorola, and Tavela are found in this parish. The stone church was built in the 1760s.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Huutijärvi, Kaivanto, Kangasala, Ohtola, Pikonlinna, Ponsa, Raikku, Ruutana, Suinula, Säynäjärvi, Vatiala.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Orivesi, Erijärvi, Sahalahti, Pälkäne, Valkeakoski, Lempäälä, Messukylä, Aitolahti, Teisko

Census

 * 1540-1809 (*) 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
 * 1708-1870 (*); Kangasalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1708-1921 (*); Kangasalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1714-1854 (*); Kangasalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1865-1905 (*); Kangasalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kangasala at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kangasala 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