Kuopio Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kuopio is a city and municipality located in Northern Savonia, Finland. Kuopio is Finland’s second-most densely populated city. Since 1969 Kuopio has grown extensively through municipality mergers. Kuopio’s population surpassed 100,000 when the town of Nilsiä joined the city in the beginning of 2013. In 2013 the village of Nilsiä was added to Kuopio followed by the village of Maaninka in 2015.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Asuma, Haminalahti, Hiltulanlahti, Hirvilahti, Jänneniemi, Kaislastenlahti, Kehvo, Kuopio, Kurkiharju, Kurkimäki, Lamperi, Niemisjoki, Niuvanniemi, Pitkälahti, Sikoniemi, Sorsasalo, Suosaari, Vaajasalo, Valkeinen, Vehmasmäki.

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

1669 Kuopio Rural Parish

1760 Kuopio Rural Parish

1800 Villages of Maaninka, Nilsia, and Tulesniemi

Surnames
1692 Kuopio Rural Municipality Surnames 1692 Female Surnames

1760 Female Surnames

1805 Kuopio City Surnames

1861 Female Surnames

Surrounding Parishes
Karttula, Leppävirta, Maaninka, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi

Taxation Records

 * 1809-1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images