Location of Parish Records for the village of Meloselga

Rebecca Jones

Hi. My great great grandfather Petr Alekseevich Savleyev (or Paramonov) G89J-KQ8 was born about 1870 in Meloselga and I want to search for him in the parish records.

Does anyone know which parish Meloselga would be in? Meloselga no longer exists as a town but was near Lake Lindozero in the Povenets County, Olonets. It was also known as Meloselka, Mala Selga and Selga Malaya.

Petr married Aleksandra, daughter of Josef (possibly Sokolov). Their son Ioann died in 1899 in Ostrech'ye, Karelia.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

IgorYa

Hello,

according to people with Olonets ancestry on vgd.ru forum, Meloselga/Meloselkä was a part of Svyatonavolok aka Pyhäniemi parish in 1894. In later 1922 sources I can see it as a part of Линдозеро/Lintujärvi area, there were no parishes by that time though.

Igor.

Rebecca Jones

Thank you very much for your help Igor. Do you know which records on FamilySearch I should search about 1870?

I will have a look myself and let you know if I can find the Svyatnavolok parish birth records.

Thank you, and Merry Christmas.