Koivisto Parish, Viipuri, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Koivisto is a former Finnish municipality which was ceded to the Soviet Union as part of the Moscow Peace Treaty. It was entirely encompassed by the Koivisto rural municipality (Swedish: Björkö landskommun). It now part of the Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Koivisto's first church was built in the middle of the 16th century, when Koivisto became a chapel congregation to Viipuri parish. During the Russian occupation of Finland (Isoviha) in 1713–1721 during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), the church was destroyed. The next church served the congregation until 1763, when a new church was built. This church remained unused after the completion of the current church in Koivisto in 1904 and was sold to the Vyborg Inland Mission Society, which moved it to Vyborg, where it was known as Michael's Church. The current church was built from Virolahti red granite in 1902-1904 and was consecrated on December 18, 1904. The Swedish name is Björkö.

Villages
In 1922 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahtiala, Alvatti, Eistilä, Harila, Humaljoki, Hyttölä, Härkälä, Ilmasti, Ingertilä, Jaakkola, Kaaliala, Kaipiala, Keskisaari, Kiiskilä, Kiurlahti, Kotterlahti, Kurkela, Köri, Lemminkylä, Makslahti, Mannola, Partiala, Patala, Penttilä, Putus, Pönni, Rautanen, Römpötti, Saarenpää, Savonniemi, Soukansaari, Tervahartiala, Tetriniemi, Tiurinsaari, Vanhakylä, and Vatnuori.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Säkkijärvi, Johannes, Kuolemajärvi