Heinävesi Parish, Mikkeli, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Heinävesi is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Savonlinna, Varkaus, Leppävirta, Tuusniemi, Outokumpu and Liperi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Heinävesi is home to the Orthodox Valamo Monastery of the Transfiguration and the Lintula Holy Trinity nunnery. The current church was built in 1891. In 1744 Heinävesi became a prayer house of Rantasalmi parish. The second church was built in 1840 and burned in 1887.

Records Loss
The church was burned by thunder 3/7 1887. O. Durchman, "The Destruction of Church Archives." Genos 3 (1932).

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Etelä-Petruma, Heinävesi, Juojärven kanava, Karvionkanava, Kerma, Koivumäki, Koskijärvi, Malkkila, Palokki, Pilppa, Pölläkkä, Rummukkala, Ruunalehto, Sappu, Sarvikumpu, Sepänsalmi, Varistaival, Vihtari, Viitamäki.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Tuusniemi, Kuusjärvi, Liperi, Savonlinna, Enonkoski, Kangaslampi, Leppävirta

Census

 * 1810-1860 (*); Lääninhallitus (Kuopion lääni) 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
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1744-1911 (*); Heinäveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1747-1850 (*); Heinäveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1751-1859 (*); Heinäveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1848-1963 (*); Heinäveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Heinävesi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Heinävesi 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