Leka Parish, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Leka clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Leka and Gravvik (Malmøy). They were separated from Kolvereid clerical district in 1863. For earlier records see Kolvereid clerical district. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Kolvereid / Kolvereid, Foldereid: 1787-1814

Leka: 1863-1902

Leka / Gravvik: 1878-1931

Leka / Leka: 1888-1921

Nærøy / Leka: 1710-1805

Nærøy / Foldereid: 1689-1814

Census Records

 * '''Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 34: Namdal deanery Digital Archives.


 * '''Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 19: Fosen fogderi, Inderøy fogderi, Selbu fogderi, Namdal fogderi and Stjørdal fogderi Digital Archives.


 * '''Census (manntall) 1701, no. 15: Inderøy fogderi and Namdal fogderi Digital Archives.


 * 1801 Census See Kolvereid
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865 Census for Leka Digital Archives.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 Census The 1875 census for Leka clerical district includes Leka and Gravvik parishes. It is on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library and as a database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 census for Leka Digital Archives.
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900 Census The 1900 census for Leka clerical district includes Leka and Gravvik parishes. It is on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library and as a database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 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

Farm Names
3 Ellingneset 8 Frøvik  9 Haug 18 Horten 17 Huseby  15 Kjelvær 14 Kvaløen  15 Leknes  6 Madsøen 2 Mid-Gutvik  3 Neset 1 Nord-Gutvik  5 Reppen 4 Rosvik  16 Skei 19 Sklinden 10 Solsem 13 Steine 12 Steinsaunet 13 Steinsgjerdet 3 Stranden 3 Sør-Gutvik 3 Sørneset  7 Tangen 2 Tørrisenget  11 Vaagan 2 Veviken

Probate Records
1656-1863: Probates are found in Namdal judicial district.

1703-1815: Clerical probates are found in Namdal Deanery