Oppland County, Norway Genealogy

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Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway.

Oppland extends from the lakes Mjøsa and Randsfjorden to the mountains Dovrefjell, Jotunheimen and Rondane. The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres, Toten, Hadeland and Land.

Government Offices and Sites

 * Oppland County

Censuses
The parish priest's census (scanned)


 * Gudbrandsdal prosti, Prestemanntall 6, 1664 - 1666 Census for Oppland County
 * Hadeland prosti, Prestemanntall 7, 1664 - 1666


 * 1801 Census
 * 1865 Census
 * 1875 Census Partial
 * Norway Census, 1875 FamilySearch database
 * 1885 Census
 * 1900 Census
 * 1910 Census

Church Records
Photos of churches in Oppland

Land Records
1886 and 1838 land registers are found at The Norwegian Historical Data Centre. These are Excel files, which can be downloaded. The give the name of the farm, the farm owner, and the amount of tax. Both farms and sub-farms are included.

Probate Records
Digitised probate records for Oppland County

Taxation
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