Petäjävesi Parish, Vaasa, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Petäjävesi is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Jyväskylä, Jämsä, Keuruu, Multia and Uurainen. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Petäjävesi was formed as a chapel to Jämsä parish in 1779 and became independent in 1867.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Kintaus, Koskensaari, Kuivasmäki, Petäjävesi.

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
 * 1740-1862 (*); Petäjäveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1740-1876 (*); Petäjäveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1825-1867 (*); Petäjäveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1843-1899 (*); Petäjäveden seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Petäjävesi at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Petäjävesi 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