Ofoten Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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Church Records
Ofoten clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Evenes (Ofoten), Ballangen, Ankenes with Skjomen chapel and Narvik. Narvik became its own clerical district in 1929.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Ofoten: 1699-1711, 1714-1732, 1748-1886

Ofoten / Ankenes: 1879-1949

Ofoten / Ballangen: 1923-1939

Ofoten / Bjerkvik: 1914-1925

Ofoten / Evenes: 1821-1921

Ofoten / Narvik: 1902-1924

Ofoten / Skjomen: 1885-1928

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701 see Lødingen clerical district.


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1810 census for Ofoten clerical district include the parishes of Ofoten, Evenes, Ankenes, Narvik and Ballangen and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1835 folketelling for Ofoten prestegjeld (Nordland). The 1835 census for Ofoten clerical district include the parishes of Ofoten, Evenes, Ankenes, Skjerstad, Fauske, Værøy and Røst and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

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

1701-1832: Clerical probates are found in Salten Deanery

Historical Society
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