Sysmä Parish, Mikkeli, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Sysmä is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Asikkala, Hartola, Heinola, Kuhmoinen, Luhanka, and Padasjoki. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The village was established in 1442. From 1747 it was part of Kymmenegård County until the formation of Mikkeli County in 1831.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Karilanmaa, Liikala, Liikola, Nikkaroinen, Nuoramoinen, Onkiniemi, Soiniemi, Suopelto, Sysmä, Särkilampi, Vahteristo, Valittula.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Asikkala, Hartola (Gustav Adolfs), Heinola, Kuhmoinen, Luhanka, Padasjoki

Census

 * 1539-1799 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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
 * 1678-1905 (*); Sysmän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1740-1855 (*); Sysmän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1764-1862 (*); Sysmän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1861-1902 (*); Sysmän seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Sysmä at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Sysmä 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

Guardianship Records

 * 1810-1861 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Heinolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1811-1864 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Hollolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1827-1850 (*); Kihlakunnanoikeus (Heinolan tuomiokunta) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Taxation Records

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