Leiranger (Ledingen) Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Contains the church records for Leiranger (Ledingen) parish. Was separated from Steigen clerical district in 1900. For earlier records see Steigen clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Steigen / Leiranger: 1821-1916

Steigen: 1686-1727, 17148-1874, 1879-1894, 1917-1934

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701, 1801, 1815, 1865, 1875, 1900 see Steigen clerical district.


 * 1900-telling for 1847 Ledingen. The 1900 census for Ledingen (Leiranger) is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet as well as at he Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Leiranger is available in a searchable databse at Digitalarkivetand at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
13 Aasjorden 25 Alpøen 14 Aspenes 16 Botn 1 Brennvik 11 Fløstrand 7 Grubstad 31 Grøtøen 12 Gylset 5 Helnes 10 Hustoft 29 Husøen 6 Leines 2 Levik 20 Lilleosen 26 Lund 30 Maaløen 18 Marhaugmo 21 Myklebostad 28 Nordskot 23 Saure 22 Saursfjord 15 Simonstranden 9 Skaalvold 3 Skaar 8 Skjelstad 20 Sommernes 24 Sund 27 Sørskot 4 Tro 19 Tverhaugelv

Probate Records
1713-1877: Probates are found in Salten judicial district.

1701-1832: Clerical probates are found in Salten Deanery