Pielavesi Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Pielavesi is a municipality of Finland and it is part of the Northern Savonia region. Neighbouring municipalities are Iisalmi, Keitele, Kiuruvesi, Maaninka, Pihtipudas, Pyhäjärvi, and Tervo. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hovinmäki, Jokijärvi, Jylhänkylä, Lampaanjärvi, Laukkala, Levämäki, Löytynmäki, Mäntylä, Pielavesi, Saarela, Säviä, Säviäntaipale, Vaaraslahti.

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

Taxation Records

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