Iisalmi Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Iisalmi is a town and municipality in Finland. Iisalmi traces its roots back to 1627, when the parish of Iisalmi was formed around the local church. In the 18th century, when Finland was under Swedish control, Sweden was frequently at war with Imperial Russia, and the area of Koljonvirta in Iisalmi was a battlefield on which one of the greatest Swedish victories occurred. Iisalmi gained its status as a town in 1891. The parish was formed in 1620 from Kuopio and included the entire Ylä-Savo area, but over time the parishes of Kiuruvesi, Lapinlahti, Pielavesi, Sonkajärvi and Vierema were separated out. Kustaa Aadolfin kirkko, or Iisalmi's old church, was consecrated in 1780. The Swedish name is Idensalmi.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Iisalmi, Kotikylä, Kurenpolvi, Lappetelä, Partala, Peltosalmi, Poromäki, Pörsänmäki, Runni, Ruotaanmäki, Ryhälänmäki, Soinlahti, Taipale, Ulmala, Viitaa, Ylemmäinen.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Viremä, Sonkjärvi, Lapinlahti, Maaninka, Pielavesi, Kiuruvesi

Church Records
FamilySearch has records from both Iisalmi city parish (Iisalmen kaupunkiseurakunta, Swedish: Idensalmi stadsförsamling) and Iisalmi rural municipality (Iisalmen maalaiskunta, Swedish: Idensalmi landskommun).
 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1664-1950 (*); Iisalmen maalaiskunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1747-1870 (*); Iisalmen maalaiskunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1869-1908 (*); Iisalmen kaupunkiseurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1871-1905 (*); Iisalmen maalaiskunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Iisalmen msrk - Idensalmi lf 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