Herøy Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Contains parish registers from the parishes Herøy, Tjøtta and Nordvik with Hæstad chapel. Herøy and Tjøtta was separated from Alstahaug clerical district in 1862, for the years 1776-1862 see Alstahaug clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Herøy: 1848-1878, 1919-1939

Herøy / Herøy: 1877-1918

Herøy / Nordvik: 1892-1917

Alstahaug / Herøy: 1714-1710, 1768-1800, 1820-1847

Alstahaug: 1737-1768, 1773-1787, 1801-1886

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

Alstahaug / Alstahaug: 1714-1804, 1820-1945

Census Records

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


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Herøy clerical district includes the parishes of Herøy and Nordvik and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivetand at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Herøy clerical districtincludes the parishes of Herøy and Nordvik and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivetand at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


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


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Herøy clerical district includes the parishes of Herøy and Nordvik and is avaiilable in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
54 Aakvik 2 Andøen 46 Berfjorden 32 Breistrand 33 Breistrandvik 47 Dalsvaag 50 Dønbjørn 49 Engesvik 16 Gaasvær 45 Gjesfjorden 20 Graaøen 44 Gulstad 48 Hangbjørn 24 Havsteinen 41 Hildset 55 Hjartøen 9 Hjelmsøen 5 Hokleppen 39 Holand 40 Holandstrand 19 Holmen 51 Hæstad 36 Hølen 35 Hølvolden 15 Inderodden 43 Kjelsnes 26 Kjeøen med Hestøen 10 Knapsodden 1 Langøen 42 Lillevik 18 Lyngvær 57 Løvøen 14 Maasvær 29 Meviken 5 Nordherø 27 Nordviken 38 Olfoten 56 Ormsøen 25 Ravnøen 34 Sandstrak 1 Sandvær nordre 6 Seløen 13 Sildøen 5 Silvalen 31 Skaga 53 Skar 20 Skibaatsvær 59 Skorpen 21 Slapøen 28 Solfjeld 29 Strandskogan 37 Strømme 4 Sørherø 30 Sørviken 52 Teistad 3 Tenna 22 Vandved 11 Varøen 56 Æsøen 7 Øksningen

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

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery