Häme County, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Häme County (Hämeen lääni, Swedish: Tavastehus län) was created in 1831 from Uusimaa and Häme County (Uudenmaan ja Hämeen lääni, Swedish: Nyland och Tavastehus län). In 1960 the municipalities of Jämsä, Jämsänkoski, Koskenpää, Korpilahti, Muuramen, and Säynätsalo were transferred to the new Central Finland County (Keski-Suomi lääni, Swedish: Mellersta Finlands län). In 1969 the municipality of Virrat was moved from Vaasa to Häme; in 1971 the village of Retkioja in Hyvinkää municipality was trasferred from Uusimaa County; in 1973 Suoniemi municipality in Turku-Pori County was annexed to Nokia municipality; in 1974 Kuhmoinen was transferred to Central Finland County; in 1990 Somero was transferred to Turku-Pori County. The county was dissolved on 1 March 1998 as part of the 1997 Maakuntajakolaki (County Apportionment Act) and became part of Southern Finland (Etelä-Suomen lääni, Swedish: Södra Finlands län) and Western Finland (Länsi-Suomen lääni, Swedish: Västra Finlands län) counties.

Districts
There are six districts in Häme County, Hauho, Hollola, Jämsä, Pirkkala, Ruovesi, and Tammela. As is true of all municipalities in Finland, the municipalities of Hämeenlinna, Lahti, and Tampere have their own administration and are not part of any districts.

Archives
Kansallisarkisto
 * Visiting address: Rauhankatu 17
 * Postal address: PL 258, FI-00171 Helsinki
 * Telephone: +358 29 533 7000

Turun Kansallisarkisto
 * Visiting address: Aninkaistenkatu 11
 * Postal address: PL 383, FI-20101 Turku
 * Telephone (during the opening hours of the reading room): +358 29 533 7260