Mänttä Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Mänttä is a former town and municipality of Finland and then it was merged with the municipality of Vilppula to form Mänttä-Vilppula on 1 January 2009. Mänttä was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Pirkanmaa region.The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The name Mänttä comes from the oldest house in the area, which was built by Tuomas Niilonpoika Mäntsä (1570–1618).

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Mänttä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Keuruu, Kuorevesi, Vilppula

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

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