Janakkala Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Janakkala is a municipality of Finland and its administrative centre is in Turenki, which is often erroneously shown on maps as being Janakkala. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. To the south, Janakkala shares a boundary with Riihimäki, the Northern neighbour being Hämeenlinna. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahtola, Janakkala, Leppäkoski, Mallinkainen, Napiala, Punkka, Saloranta, Tervakoski, Turenki, Vähikkälä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Vanaja, Lammi, Hausjarvi, Riihimaki, Loppi, Renko

Census

 * 1539-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1643-1860 (*); Janakkalan 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
 * 1660-1891 (*); Janakkalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1727-1861 (*); Janakkalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1862-1905 (*); Janakkalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Janakkala at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Janakkala at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1696-1813 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1749 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1750-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1795-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ali-Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1837-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Yli-Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1837-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Janakkalan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1846-1918 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Janakkalan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration Records

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

Guardianship Records

 * 1795-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ali-Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1837-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Yli-Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1837-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Janakkalan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Land and Property

 * 1795-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ali-Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1837-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Yli-Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1837-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Janakkalan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Probate Records

 * 1812-1860 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ali-Sääksmäen tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1846-1896 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Janakkalan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1847-1862 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Janakkalan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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