Renko Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Renko is a former municipality of Finland but it was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as Rengo in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as Renkoalso in Swedish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahoinen, Kaloinen, Lukana, Oinaala, Renko.

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

Ahois, Antila, Bentilä, Calois, Clemola, Eskola, Faven, Hapaniemi, Heijola, Jokela, Junnila, Kokkola, Koskinen, Kärpänoja, Lahtinen, Laurila, Lehtinen, Lehtotaipale, Lintunen, Markola, Martila, Mattila Maukola, Murila, Nefvilä, Niemelä, Niittymäki, Nisula, Oinala, Ollikkala, Ollila, Otla, Paavola, Pafwala, Puckala, Pucki, Pyylä, Quittila, Rantanen, Saarinen, Seppälä, Sipilä, Talpela, Toivonen, Tuominen, Uotila, Vaveini, Wehmain

Related Sources
Finland Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

Taxation

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

Research Helps
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