Joroinen Parish, Mikkeli, Finland Genealogy

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

History
Joroine is a municipality of Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Juva, Leppävirta, Pieksämäki, Rantasalmi and Varkaus and the municipality is unilingually Finnish. Joroinen is often called Paris of the Savonia because in the 1700s the people of the manor spoke mainly French. The parish was formed in 1631 from Juva parish. The first church was completed in 1686 and current church was built in 1793. The Swedish name is Jorois.

Villages
As of 1939 the following villages were found in this parish: Huutokoski, Joroinen, Kaitainen, Kerisalo, Kolma, Lahnalahti, Ruokokoski.

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

Surrounding Parishes
Leppävirta, Varkaus, Kangaslampi, Rantasalmi, Juva, Virtasalmi, Pieksämäki, Jäppilä

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
 * 1666-1905 (*); Joroisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1682-1892 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1695-1850 (*); Joroisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1856 (*); Joroisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * 1725-1909 at FamilySearch &mdash; How to Use This Collection; index
 * 1745-1905 (*); Joroisten seurakunta at FamilySearch Catalog &mdash; images
 * Joroinen - Jorois at Finland's Family History Association (FFHA) (Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen Yhdistys ry) &mdash; images
 * Joroinen - Jorois 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