Nilsiä Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Nilsiä is a former small town and a municipality of Finland located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Nilsiä joined the city of Kuopio at the beginning of 2013. In 1971 it was merged with Jaunkoski. In 1973 villages which were originally in the northern part of Muuruvesi were annexed to Nilsiä. In 1911 Varpaisjärvi became independent from Nilsiä and was annexed to Lapinlahti in 2011. In the FamilySearch Catalog records for the parishes of Muuruvesi and Varpaisjärvi are cataloged under Nilsiä.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Haluna, Kangaslahti, Lastukoski, Nilsiä, Palonurmi, Siikajärvi, Syvärilä, Sänkimäki, Vuotjärvi.

Villages located in Muuruvesi include Akonvesi, Hakkarala, Lohilahti, Murtolahti, Muuruvesi, Niinimäki, Pelonniemi, Pieksä, Rissala, Ryönä, Sydänmaa, Vehkasaari, Vuotjärvi, and Västinniemi. . Villages found in Varpasjärvi include Jonsa, Juminen, Karsanlahti, Korpijärvi, Kärsämäki, Lukkarila, Petäys-Paloinen, Pitkälänmäki, Sutela, Syvärinpää, and Urimolahti.

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
 * 1738-1913 (*); Nilsiän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1756-1873 (*); Nilsiän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1759-1852 (*); Nilsiän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1843-1907 (*); Nilsiän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Nilsiä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Nilsiä 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