Lavansaari Parish, Viipuri, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Lavansaari is a former Finnish municipality which was ceded to the Soviet Union as part of the Moscow Peace Treaty. Until 1904 it was part of the rural municipality of Koivisto (Koiviston maalaiskunta, Swedish Björkö landskommun). It is now known as Moshchny and is part of the Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. After the Finnish Civil War and until the Russo-Finnish Winter War the island was a part of Finland and belonged to the province of Viipuri. The island, which had the largest population of the Finnish islands in the gulf was evacuated in 1939 - an operation that lasted merely a few hours. The parish was founded in 1896 and became independent in 1897. The Swedish name is Lövskär.

Villages
In 1922 the following villages were found in this parish: Klausinkylä, Lounatkylä, and Pohjakylä.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer.
 * Klausinkylä, Lounatkylä, Peninsaari, Pohjakylä

Surrounding Parishes
Tytärsaari, Seiskari

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
 * 1744-1888 (*); Lavansaaren seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1744-1950 (*); Lavansaaren seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1833-1905 (*); Lavansaaren seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Lavansaari at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images

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