Masfjorden, Norway

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

Church Records
Before 1875 see Lindås.

Digital images of parish records are online for Masfjorden.

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Fogdens og sorenskriverens manntall 1664-1666 This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Nordhordland Fogderi for Lindaas (Lindås) clerical district included Lindås, Fedje, Austrheim, Myking, Lygra and Masfjorden parishes. This census is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122979 Item 4. It is online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666 This census was taken by the local parish priests. Nordhordland Prosti forLindaas (Lindås) clerical district includedLindås, Fedje, Austrheim, Myking, Lygra and Masfjorden parishes. This census is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122972 Item 1. It is online at Digitalarkivet. Of the two records the Sogneprestenes mantall is the most complete. Database at Digitalarkivet Prestemanntallet 1666 for Lindås


 * 1701 Census This census is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122983 Item 2. It is online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1801 Census The 1801 census for Lindås clerical district includes Lindås, Lygra, Myking, and Masfjorden parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123002 Item 3. It is online at Digitalarkivet as 1801-telling for 1263 Lindaas


 * 1865 Census The 1865 census for Lindås clerical district includes Lindås, Lygra, Myking, Austrheim, Fedje and Masfjorden parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 12373 Item 2. It is online at Digitalarkivet as 1865-telling for 1263 Lindaas


 * 1875 Census The 1875 census for Lindås clerical district includes Lindås, Lygra, Myking, Austrheim, Fedje and Masfjorden parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 272476-273478 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1875-telling for Lindås sokn.


 * 1891 Census It is online at Digitalarkivet as Folketeljing for Masfjorden 1891


 * 1900 Census The 1900 census for Lindås clerical district includesLindås, Lygra, Myking, Austrheim and Fedje parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History LibraryFilms 274318-274321. It is online at Digitalarkivet as 1900-telling for Masfjorden.


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center