Kaavi Parish, Kuopio, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Kaavi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. Kaavi is also a part of historical Karelia. Neighbouring municipalities are Kuopio, Juuka, Outokumpu, Polvijärvi and Tuusniemi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Hirvisaari, Kaavi, Kortteinen, Luikonlahti, Niinivaara, Rauantaipale, Retuinen, Sivakkavaara.

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

Finnish Names Places identified in 1727 Places identified in 1827

Taxation Records

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