Pielavesi Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Pielavesi is a municipality of Finland and it is part of the Northern Savonia region. Neighbouring municipalities are Iisalmi, Keitele, Kiuruvesi, Maaninka, Pihtipudas, Pyhäjärvi, and Tervo. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hovinmäki, Jokijärvi, Jylhänkylä, Lampaanjärvi, Laukkala, Levämäki, Löytynmäki, Mäntylä, Pielavesi, Saarela, Säviä, Säviäntaipale, Vaaraslahti.

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

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
 * 1737-1850 (*); Pielaveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1737-1910 (*); Pielaveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1748-1875 (*); Pielaveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1862-1903 (*); Pielaveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Pielavesi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Pielavesi at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1750-1796 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Vähä-Savon tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1764-1800 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Vähä-Savon tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1797-1812 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Vähä-Savon ylinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1799-1862 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Vähä-Savon ylinen tk.) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1872-1918 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Pielaveden tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - 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