Ruovesi Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland located in the Pirkanmaa region and the municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi, Tampere, Virrat and Ylöjärvi. The parish of Ruovesi was separated from the parish of Pirkkala in 1571.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Haukkamaa, Jäminkipohja, Kekkonen, Murole, Muroleen kanava, Mustajärvi, Nenonen, Riekkola, Ruhala, Ruovesi, Syvinki, Tuuhonen, Visuvesi, Väärinmaja.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Pihlajavesi, Keuruu, Vilppula, Kuorevesi, Juupajoki, Orivesi, Teiski, Kuru, Virrat

Census

 * 1560-1809 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1646-1924 (*); Ruoveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1681-1855 (*); Ruoveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1723-1862 (*); Ruoveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1863-1900 (*); Ruoveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Ruovesi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Ruovesi 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