Ypäjä Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Ypäjä is a municipality located in the countryside of South-Western Finland and it belongs to the province of Southern Finland and the region of Tavastia Proper. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. It is officially part of the Forssa region but Ypäjä is often also considered to belong to the Loimaa region as it has traditionally been influenced by both towns. Besides Loimaa, its direct neighbours are Jokioinen, Humppila, Somero and Koski Tl.

The area of present-day Ypäjä has belonged to two historical provinces, Hämee and Satakunta. The villages of Perttula, Kartanoonkylä, Varsanoja, Levä and Palikkala are counted as belonging to Hämee. The villages of Ypäjänkylä and Manninen are considered to belong to Satakunta.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Palikkala, Ypäjä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Loimaa, Metsämaa, Jokioinen, Humppila, Somero, Koski

Church Records

 * 1648-1892 (*); Ypäjän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1649-1862 (*); Ypäjän 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
 * 1694-1879 (*); Ypäjän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1863-1903 (*); Ypäjän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Ypäjä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Ypäjä 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