Lapinlahti Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Lapinlahti is a municipality of Finland and it is part of the Northern Savonia region. The neighboring municipality of Varpaisjärvi was consolidated with Lapinlahti on January 1, 2011. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The All Saints Orthodox church prayer chapel is located in the municipality. Lapinlahti was originally part of Iisalmi parish. The prayer chapel was completed in 1843 and the church was built in 1880. The Swedish name is Lapinlax.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alapitkä, Karvasalmi, Lapinlahti, Mäntylahti, Nerkoo, Pajujärvi.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Iisalmi, Sonkajärvi, Varpaisjärvi, Siilinjärvi, Maaninka

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
 * 1801-1898 (*); Lapinlahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1843-1870 (*); Lapinlahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1844-1868 (*); Lapinlahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1860-1906 (*); Lapinlahden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Lapinlahti at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Lapinlahti 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