Orivesi Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Orivesi is a town and a municipality of Finland that was founded in 1865. Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Jämsä, Kangasala, Kuhmoinen, Ruovesi and Tampere. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Eräjärvi was consolidated with Orivesi in 1973. A part of the municipality of Längelmäki was also consolidated with Orivesi in 2007. The parish is mentioned for the first time in 1466, and then in 1540 as an independent parish. Längelmäki and Kuorevesi were separated from Orivesi in 1593.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Enokunta, Hirsilä, Onnistaipale, Oripohja, Orivesi, Siitama.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Juupajoki, Längelmäki, Eräjärvi, Sahalahti, Kangasala, Teisko, Ruovesi

Census

 * 1540-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1619-1851 (*); Oriveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1619-1908 (*); Oriveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 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
 * 1780-1875 (*); Oriveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1860-1907 (*); Oriveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Orivesi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Orivesi 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