Orivesi Parish, Häme, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Orivesi is a town and a municipality of Finland that was founded in 1865 and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Jämsä, Kangasala, Kuhmoinen, Ruovesi and Tampere. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Eräjärvi was consolidated with Orivesi in 1973. A part of the municipality of Längelmäki was also consolidated with Orivesi in 2007.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Enokunta, Hirsilä, Onnistaipale, Oripohja, Orivesi, Siitama.

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

Taxation

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