Rantasalmi Parish, Mikkeli, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Rantasalmi is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Joroinen, Juva, Savonlinna, Sulkava and Varkaus. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Rantasalmi was founded in 1578 from the eastern parts of Juva parish. The current church was built in 1904. It was struck by lightning in 1984 and burned down but was rebuilt in 1989.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahvensalmi, Hiismäki, Hiltula, Kolkontaipale, Oravi, Parkumäki, Rantasalmi, Säynetkoski, Teemassaari, Torasalo, Tuusmäki.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Kangaslampi, Sääminki, Sulkava, Juva, Joroinen

Census

 * 1810-1860 (*); Lääninhallitus (Kuopion lääni) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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
 * 1700-1851 (*); Rantasalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1700-1897 (*); Rantasalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1761-1859 (*); Rantasalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1857-1904 (*); Rantasalmen seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Rantasalmi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Rantasalmi 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