Rautavaara Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Rautavaara is municipality of Finland and is unilingually Finnish. The first church was built in Rautavaara between 1825 and 1827, but it was not completed until 1864. It was destroyed by arson in 1979, and a new church built on the site in 1982.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alakeyritty, Alaluosta, Angervikko, Hankamäki, Harsumäki, Rautavaara.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Sotkamo, Valtimo, Nurmes, Juukam Säyneinen, Nilsiä, Varpaisjärvi, Sonkajärvi

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
 * 1832-1882 (*); Rautavaaran seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1841-1911 (*); Rautavaaran seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Rautavaara at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Rautavaara 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