Ruovesi Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland located in the Pirkanmaa region and the municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi, Tampere, Virrat and Ylöjärvi.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Haukkamaa, Jäminkipohja, Kekkonen, Murole, Muroleen kanava, Mustajärvi, Nenonen, Riekkola, Ruhala, Ruovesi, Syvinki, Tuuhonen, Visuvesi, Väärinmaja.

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

Ahvenjärvi, Ajola, Andila, Autio, Bengtilä, Etelälax, Evonranda, Hakajärvi, Hangasniemi, Harsti, Hauho, Hjetala, Heinola, Helimäki, Huhtinjemi, Huovila, Hutonjemi, Hyrylä, Hyödynen, Irjala, Jokipolvi, Josunjemi, Joudzenjemi, Jussila, Jämingi, Järvenpää, Kaipio, Kanganpa, Kangasjärvi, Kauramäki, Kauppila, Keitu, Kiviranda, Koivisto, Koivumaa, Koivumäki, Korpilax, Korpulalammi, Korpi, Koskela, Korte, Kovero, Kurckula, KärkäläSaki, Laja, Leponjemi, Leppäkoski, Levelax, Liudanjemi, Luomaharju, Lähteenmäki, Majaketo, Mannin, Moisio, Moskari, Mononen, Mullinjemi, Mäjenpä, Mäkelä, Mäki, Mäkipä, Mäyrä, Nevala, Niinmäki, Ninilammi, Ninimäki, Njemi, Nummela, Peldola, Peräinen, Pillimäki, Pilolepo, Pirtilax, Pirttilä, Pitkälä-Järvenpä, Pohja, Pukala-Wasku, Parkio, Pykkiö, Pöytäniemi, Rajamäki, Randela, Ratalax, Rihinjemi, Ristinjemi, Ritala, Ruokanen, Ruoko, Rönty, Salmijervi, Salonjemi, Saluslax, Sammelisto-Mäki, Sildasari, Simpsionma, Songola, Syvängi, Säkilax, Taipalmäki, Tarmevaha, Waldo, Walkjärvi, Warjacka, Wastolax, Wälikoski, Wanhakylä, Wisulaka, Ylistenma, YläRahala

Online Resources
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Taxation

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