Ålesund Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Contains priest and sexton records from Ålesund parish. It was separated from Borgund clerical district in 1858. For earlier records see Borgund clerical district. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Ålesund / Ålesund: 1855-1951

Ålesund / Ålesund: Banns: 1901-1918

Census Records

 * Folketelling Ålesund 1825


 * 1801 census see Borgund clerical district.


 * 'Index to the 1865 census for Ålesund is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * 1865 census for Ålesund city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives, as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875 census for Ålesund available on microfiche at the Family History Library as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre. and online at Digital Archvies.


 * 1885 census for Ålesund Digital Archives


 * 1891 census for Ålesund Digital Archives


 * 1900 census for Ålesund is available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at the Digital Archives and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910 census for Ålesund is available online at Digital Archives and as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1689-1801: Probates are found in Sunnmøre judicial district.

1791-1852: Probates are found in Nordre Sunnmøre judicial district.

1707-1807: Clerical probates are found in Sunnmøre Deanery