Kärkölä Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kärkölä is a municipality of Finland and its seat is in Järvelä. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. Neighbour municipalities are Hausjärvi, Hollola, Hämeenlinna, Mäntsälä and Orimattila. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Järvelä, Kärkölä, Lappila, Mertie.

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

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
 * 1728-1850 (*); Kärkölän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1728-1896 (*); Kärkölän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1756-1864 (*); Kärkölän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1849-1905 (*); Kärkölän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kärkölä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kärkölä 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