Tjøtta Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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Guide to Tjøtta, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records
Tjøtta clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Tjøtta with Skålvær chapel and Vevelstad. They were separated from Alstahaug clerical district in 1862. For years 1776 to 1862 see Alstahaug clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

As well as an extraction of church records 1714-1897 and an extraction of [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F483657 church rcords in book form. ]

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Tjøtta: 1841-1869, 1891-1895

Tjøtta / Skålvær: 1893-1928

Tjøtta / Tjøtta: 1862-1920

Tjøtta / Vevelstad: 1867-1917

Alstahaug / Tjøtta: 1714-1737, 1768-1800, 1829-1840

Alstahaug: 1737-1787, 1801-1886

Alstahaug / Alstahaug: 1714-1804, 1820-1945

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701, 1801 see Alstahaug clerical district.


 * Sjeleregister, 1795-1797. The 1795-1797 census for Nidaros includes the parishes of Tjøtta, Nesna, Elsfjord, Korgen all in Nordland county; and Grong, Høylandet, Harran, Klinga, Otterøy, Flatanger, Kvam, Følling and Verdal all in Nord-Trøndelag county. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Tjøtta clerical district includes the parishes of Tjøtta and Vevelstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database onine at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Tjøtta clerical disrict includes the parishes of Tjøtta and Vevelstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Tjøtta clerical district includes the parishes of Tjøtta and Vevelstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Tjøtta is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
89 Aakerøen 65 Aakvik 72 Aasen 57 Aspvik 59 Aunet 83 Brastad 93 Bukkøen 67 Bærøen 78 Bøen 56 Dyrdalen nordre 55 Dyrdalen søndre 71 Flatøen 102 Flovær 48 Forsmoen 49 Furmoen 85 Gaarden 85 Gammelgaarden 41 Giskaaen 45 Grytaaen 50 Halsan 76 Halsen 51 Halsvik 68 Haltøen 74 Haugen 74 Hesgaarden 46 Hestdalen 47 Hesteraas 90 Hestøen 52 Husvik 53 Juvik 64 Jystad 99 Kilvær 54 Kjerringvik 85 Klipen 95 Kvalholmen 66 Kvalnes 101 Laanan 94 Lisøen 85 Lunden 82 Mindnes 81 Myklebostad 75 Myren 85 Myren 97 Nautøen 60 Navarskaft 80 Nordbostad 85 Offersøen 93 Olderøen 92 Omnøen 61 Opland 77 Remman 43 Roparnes 86 Rosøen 70 Rødøen 87 Sandvær indre 100 Sandvær søndre 91 Skaalvær 73 Skavolden 85 Skjelosen 98 Skogsholmen 42 Skonseng 88 Skotsvær 85 Sundet 44 Sørfjorden 63 Sørnes 96 Taavær 69 Tangen 84 Tjøtta med Svinnes 79 Tro 85 Trøen 85 Tømmerviken 62 Ukkelforen 85 Vaagen 58 Vestvaagan

Probate Records
1686-1878: Probates are found in Helgeland judicial district.

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery

Historical Society
Tjøtta Historielag