Harju Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
In 1639, the Harju chapel was separated from the parent parish of Pirkkala. The chapel of Harju was discontinued in 1841 and moved to the parish of Ylöjärvi. The badly dilapidated church was demolished, and a school at the edge of the cemetery was built from the reused wood.

A chapel that belonged to the parent congregation of Pirkkala, founded in 1639, which had a common chaplain with the Ylöjärvi chapel. The priest lived in Harju and had an assistant in Ylöjärvi. The chapel was closed in 1841, so that most of it was combined with the parent parish of Pirkkala and the smaller part with the chapel of Ylöjärvi. In 1921, the area of Harju division was transferred to Pohjois-Pirkkala (later Nokia) in the division of Pirkkala, from which it was separated in 1937 to Tampere parish under the name of Tampereen Harju parish.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Hämeenkyrö - Tavastkyro, Ylöjärvi, Pirkkala - Birkala

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
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1730-1844 (*); Harjun kappeliseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Harju at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Harju 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
 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images