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 of 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. The Haminalahti manor, which was established in the 18th century, was part of the rural municipality. In 1969 the Kuopio rural municipality (Kuopion maalaiskunta, Swedish: Kuopio landskommune) was abolished and merged with the city.

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. Rural Parish, 1669

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

Church Records
FamilySearch has records from Kuopio city parish (Kuopion seurakunta, Swedish: Kuopio stadsförsamling), Kuopio cathedral (tuomioseurakunta, Swedish: domkyrkan), and Kuopio rural parish (Kuopion maaseurakunta, Swedish: Kuopio landsförsamling).
 * 1657-1890 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1657-1915 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index & images
 * 1664-1879 (*); Kuopion maalaiskunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1669-1850 (*); Kuopion maalaiskunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1670-1895 (*); Kuopion tuomiokirkkosrk. at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images*1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1745-1868 (*); Kuopion maalaiskunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1801-1879 (*); Kuopion tuomiokirkkosrk. at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1841-1910 (*); Kuopion tuomiokirkkosrk. at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1846-1888 (*); Kuopion seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1851-1910 (*); Kuopion tuomiokirkkosrk. at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1857-1906 (*); Kuopion maalaiskunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Kuopio at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Kuopion ksrk - Kuopio stadsförsamling 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