Vesanto Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Vesanto is a municipality of Finland and it is located in the province of Eastern Finland, it is also is part of the Northern Savonia region. Neighbour municipalities are Keitele, Konnevesi, Rautalampi, Tervo, Viitasaari and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahveninen, Horontaipale, Horontaipale, Neiturintaipale, Niinivedenpää, Närhilä, Pienola, Tiitilänkylä, Vesanto.

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
 * 1858-1880 (*); Vesannon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1858-1902 (*); Vesannon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1869-1903 (*); Vesannon seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Vesanto at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Vesanto 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