Hankasalmi Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland and it is located in the province of Western Finland; it is also a part of the Central Finland region. Neighbour municipalities are Kangasniemi, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Pieksämäki, Rautalampi and Toivakka. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Armisvesi, Hankasalmi, Hankavesi, Hannula, Niemisjärvi, Ristimäki, Sauvamäki, Säkinmäki.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Konnevesi, Rautalampi, Pieksämäki, Kangasniemi, Toivakka, Laukaa

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
 * 1773-1911 (*); Hankasalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1800-1875 (*); Hankasalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1801-1858 (*); Hankasalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1843-1904 (*); Hankasalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Hankasalmi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Hankasalmi at HisKi, Genealogical Society of Finland (Suomen Sukututkimusseuta) &mdash; index. More information about the church

Court Records

 * 1776-1860 (*) 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