Vesilahti Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Vesilahti is a municipality of Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The parish is first named in 1346, and the church was built in 1689. The Swedish name is Vesilax.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Halkivaha, Krääkkiö, Laukko, Narva, Rämsöö, Valkkinen, Vesilahti.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Tottijärvi, Pirkkala, Lempäälä, Viiala, Kylmäkoski, Urjala, Punkalaidun, Vammala, Karkku

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
 * 1688-1866 (*); Vesilahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1688-1935 (*); Vesilahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1755-1884 (*); Vesilahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1851-1903 (*); Vesilahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Vesilahti at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Vesilahti 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