Kangasala Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kangasala is a city in Finland, next to Tampere and was founded in 1865. The municipality of Sahalahti was consolidated to Kangasala on 1 January 2005, and the municipality of Kuhmalahti on 1 January 2011.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Huutijärvi, Kaivanto, Kangasala, Ohtola, Pikonlinna, Ponsa, Raikku, Ruutana, Suinula, Säynäjärvi, Vatiala.

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
 * 1708-1870 (*); Kangasalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1708-1921 (*); Kangasalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1714-1854 (*); Kangasalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1865-1905 (*); Kangasalan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kangasala at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kangasala 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