Monday, 22 July 2019
The Oldest Parish Registers of Greater Ruovesi
A transcription of the oldest surviving parish registers from Kuru (1745–56), Ruovesi (1725–58), Virrat (1749–55) and Ähtäri (1752–58) — with farm maps, abbreviation guide and index.
Suur-Ruoveden vanhimmat rippikirjat
1983 · 220 s. · ISBN 951-99502-5-7
Kuru, Ruovesi, Virrat, Ähtäri. Vanhimmat rippikirjat painoasussa — keskeinen lähde alueen sukututkimukseen.
The old “Greater Ruovesi” (Suur-Ruovesi) parish — from which Kuru, Virrat and Ähtäri were later separated — is one of the key genealogical areas of the Pirkanmaa region. This book presents transcriptions of the oldest surviving communion registers (rippikirjat) from four parishes:
- Kuru 1745–1756
- Ruovesi 1725–1758
- Virrat 1749–1755
- Ähtäri 1752–1758
Contents
In addition to the register transcriptions, the book includes:
- Maps of farms (talokartat), locating each farm within its village
- Abbreviation guide explaining the conventions used in the original records
- Index of personal names
For Genealogists
Communion registers (rippikirjat) are the most important source for genealogical research in pre-industrial Finland. They list all parishioners, track their communion attendance year by year, note births, deaths and movements, and often record ages and family relationships.
For the Greater Ruovesi area, these are the oldest surviving registers. Anyone researching ancestry in the Virrat, Ruovesi, Kuru or Ähtäri area in the 18th century will find this volume indispensable.
220 pages, A5 format. ISBN 951-99502-5-7. First published Virrat 1983. Now available as an e-book.