Hartola Parish, Mikkeli, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Hartola is a municipality of Finland. Neighouring municipalities are Heinola, Joutsa, Luhanka, Pertunmaa and Sysmä. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Since 1987, the town has billed itself as a sovereign royal parish based upon a 31 August 1784 proclamation by King Gustav III of Sweden creating a new parish on the eastern border of his kingdom in honor of his son, Gustav Adolf. By 1540 Hartola, then known as Koskipää, was a chapel to Sysmä parish. In 1739 the name was changed to Hartola, and became an independent parish in 1784. Joutsa and Leivonmäki have both been separated from Hartola. The Swedish name is Gustav Adolfs.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hartola, Kalho, Koitti, Kuivajärvi, Lepsala, Pohjolankylä, Putkijärvi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Joutsa, Pertunmaa, Heinola, Sysmä, Luhanka

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
 * 1726-1945 (*); Hartolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1730-1850 (*); Hartolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1797-1879 (*); Hartolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1857-1904 (*); Hartolan seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Hartola - Gustaf Adolfs at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Hartola - Gustav Adolfs 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