Leppävirta Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Leppävirta is a municipality of Finland and it is located in the province of Eastern Finland it is also a part of the Northern Savonia region. Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Alanko, Horsmalahti, Konnuksen kanava, Konnuslahti, Kotalahti, Kurjalanranta, Leppävirta, Mustinmäki, Niinimäki, Näädänmaa, Oravikoski, Osmajärvi, Paukarlahti, Petromäki, Puponmäki, Saahkarlahti, Saamaiskylä, Sorsakoski, Tuppurinmäki, Valkeamäki.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer. 1744 Henkikirjat

1805 Henkikirjat

1820 Henkikirjat

1744 Female Surnames

Surrounding Parishes
Vehmersalmi, Tuusniemi, Heinävesi, Kangaslampi, Varkaus, Joroinen, Jäppilä, Suonenjoki

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
 * 1682-1888 (*); Leppävirran seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1699-1876 (*); Leppävirran seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1743-1856 (*); Leppävirran seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1858-1907 (*); Leppävirran seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Leppävirta at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Leppävirta 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

Guardianship Records

 * 1764-1800 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1776-1860 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1796-1860 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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