Hankasalmi Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland and it is located in the province of Western Finland; it is also a part of the Central Finland region. Neighbour municipalities are Kangasniemi, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Pieksämäki, Rautalampi and Toivakka. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Armisvesi, Hankasalmi, Hankavesi, Hannula, Niemisjärvi, Ristimäki, Sauvamäki, Säkinmäki.

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