Pirkkala Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Pirkkala is a municipality of Finland located south-west from Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region. Pirkkala is currently the fastest-growing municipality in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. In 1921, the municipality was divided into Etelä-Pirkkala and Pohjois-Pirkkala. In 1938 Pohjois-Pirkkala changed its name to Nokia. In 1938 the name of Etelä-Pirkkala was changed to Pirkkala. The current church was built in 1994. The Swedish name is Birkala.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Naistenmatka, Pere, Pirkkala.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Nokia, Ylöjärvi, Tampere, Lempäälä, Vesilahti, Tottijärvi

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
 * 1667-1870 (*); Pirkkalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1680-1861 (*); Pirkkalan 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
 * Pirkkala - Birkala at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Pirkkala - Birkala at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1623-1749 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ylä-Satakunnan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1750-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ylä-Satakunnan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1792-1864 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ikaalisten tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1859 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Satakunnan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1814-1865 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ylä-Satakunnan ylinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1875-1918 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Pirkkalan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration Records

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

Guardianship Records

 * 1792-1864 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ikaalisten tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1859 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Satakunnan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1814-1865 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ylä-Satakunnan ylinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Land and Property

 * 1792-1864 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ikaalisten tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1859 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Satakunnan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1814-1865 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ylä-Satakunnan ylinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Probate Records

 * 1722-1809 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ikaalisten tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1762-1821 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Satakunnan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1864 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Ylä-Satakunnan ylinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1815-1863 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Satakunnan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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