Enonkoski Parish, Mikkeli, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Enonkoski is a municipality of Finland. It is encircled by the city of Savonlinna in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. Enonkoski was founded in 1882. Before that it was part of Kerimäki and Heinävesi.

The factory parish that was part of the Kerimäki parish, which includes the Enonkoski sawmill and the Koskila glass factory. It became a factory with its own preacher in 1859, a prayer house in 1876 and an independent parish in 1894, when villages from the parishes of Heinävesi, Kerimäki, Rantasalmi and Sääminki (1897) were merged into it. Its own church hierarchy was established in 1908, although not all the houses in Heinävesi had yet moved to Enonkoski. The Enonkoski monastic community has been operating in Ihamaniemi since 1994, with its own chapel.

The church and the parsonage built in connection with it burned on 24 July 1884. There was a fire in the parsonage on 18 March 1937, which did not cause any major damage.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Enonkoski, Ihamaniemi, Karvila, Simanala.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Heinävesi, Kangaslampi, Kerimäki, Rantasalmi, Savonranta, Sääminki

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

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