Marttila Parish, Turku-Pori, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Marttila is a municipality located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Marttila's neighbouring municipalities are Koski Tl, Lieto, Loimaa, Paimio, Pöytyä and Salo. During the Swedish domestic war regarding who was to be king, an important battle took place here 29 August 1599. Troops under Axel Kurck, supporting king Sigismund were defeated by troops supported duke Karl, soon to be king Karl IX. Karl more or less already ruled Sweden and what is Finland now. Martilla was at that time called Tavastlands Oxväg, in Finnish language now posted as Hämeen Härkätie. The Swedish name is S:t Mårtens.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kaunela, Marttila, Prunkila, Valtala.

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

Alhais, Brungila, Eino, Emanu, Eura, Hakola, Hasso, Heikola, Hirflax, Huovaristo, Hävis, Jokela, Jufva, Jusola, Kallio, Karfvela, Karinais, Kangaris, Karhula, Katamäki, Katava, Kattlus, Keskitalo, Ketola, Kirsilä, Knutila, Korju, Krouvi, Kuckoin, Kujanpää, Kusila, Kyläkuoppala, Kyrö, Käki, Lehtilä, Levomäki, Loivis, Lovis, Mattila, Maunula, Mikola, Myllymäki, Mäenpää, Mäentaka, Mänsälä, Natula, Nocka, Nokari, Nopola, Nordstrom, Nummenpää, Närppis, Ojala, Ollila, Palais, Palda, Palais, Pekkola, Peltola, Pikkola, Prätsi, Purhala, Purhola, Raiko, Rekois, Ruckala, Ruskolais, Saustila, Seppä, Seppälä, Siikanlax, Simola, Sipilä, Siurdela, Suurla, Suutarla, Tiipilä, Tillkais, Tuomola, Tyri, Uotila, Urpola, Uusitalo, Wärri, Ylhäis, Yrjändelä

Church Records

 * 1627-1910 (*); Marttilan 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
 * 1696-1855 (*); Marttilan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1737-1859 (*); Marttilan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1844-1907 (*); Marttilan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Marttila at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Marttila - S:t Mårtens 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