Ypäjä Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Ypäjä is a municipality located in the countryside of South-Western Finland and it belongs to the province of Southern Finland and the region of Tavastia Proper. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. It is officially part of the Forssa region but Ypäjä is often also considered to belong to the Loimaa region as it has traditionally been influenced by both towns. Besides Loimaa, its direct neighbours are Jokioinen, Humppila, Somero and Koski Tl.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Palikkala, Ypäjä.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Loimaa, Metsämaa, Jokioinen, Humppila, Somero, Koski

Related Sources
Finland Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

Taxation

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

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