Mikkeli County, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Mikkeli County (Mikkelin lääni, Swedish: S:t Michels län) was created in 1831 by the merger of parts of Kymenkartano County (Kymenkartanon lääni, Swedish: Kymmenegårds län) and Savo and Karelia County (Savon ja Karjalan lääni, Swedish: Savolax och Karelens län). The county was dissolved on 1 March 1998 as part of the 1997 Maakuntajakolaki (County Apportionment Act) and replaced by Southern Finland County (Etelä-Suomen lääni, Swedish: Södra Finlands län) and Eastern Finland County (Itä-Suomen lääni, Swedish: Östra Finlands län).

Districts
There are four districts in Mikkeli County, Heinola, Juva, Mikkeli, and Rantasalmi. As is true of all municipalities in Finland, the municipalities of Heinola, Mikkeli, and Savonlinna have their own administration and are not part of any districts.

Archives
Mikkelin Kansallisarkisto
 * Visiting address: Pirttiniemenkatu 8 A
 * Postal address: PL 2, FI-50101 Mikkeli
 * Telephone (during the opening hours of the reading room): +358 29 533 7200