Onsøy Parish, Østfold, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Østfold County &gt; Onsøy

Church Records
Onsøy parish with the Gressvik chapel has 6 volumes of Ministerialbok or Kirkebøker, registers kept by the parish priest dating from 1733-1898. Additionally, there were 4 volumes of Klokkerbok kept by the sexton dating from 1814-1926. Gressvik kept its own records separately from 1903-1911. Gressvik became a parish in 1924.

The Genealogical Society of Utah filmed these records. they are also available as digital images from The National Archives of Norway (Digitalarkivet).

Onsøy: 1733-1877

Onsøy / Onsøy: 1878-1898, 1903-1948, 1956-1969

Onsøy / Gressvik: 1903-1969

Census Records
The Folketelling or census records for Onsøy clerical district, including Onsøy parish, lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation in the 1801 census. The 1845 census includes the farm names, head of household, number of people on each farm, sex and other miscellaneous information. The 1865 and 1875 census contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, martial status, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information.

1664-66 Census for Onsøy

1801 Census for Onsøy

1865 Census for Onsøy

1875 Census for Onsøy

1891 Census for Onsøy

1900 Census for Onsøy

1910 Census for Onsøy

1845 Censusfor Onsøy can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City film # 1694662 item 9

Census Microfilm collection at FamilySearch

The 1865, 1875, 1900, 1910 census is also available online in a searchable database at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Court Records
The Tingbøker or court records contain reports of civil and criminal actions, including the allodial rights, "odelssaker". You will find names, dates, places, and relationships in these records. They are excellent sources for genealogical research and at times you can find entire families through several generations. These records must be used in conjunction with the mortgage records, probate records, or other records. These records are for Tune judicial district which includes these places: Varteig, Borge, Tune, Rolvsøy, Onsøy, Hvaler, Kråkerøy, and Glemmen in Østfold county. Records for 1653-1692 have been filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.

Land Records
The Pantebøker or mortgage records give information about real estate, conveyances, mortgages and other transactions of properties. Contracts, agreements, and deeds are also recorded in these books. The panteregisters are extracts of these records. These records are for Tune judicial district which include these places: Skjeberg, Varteig, Borge, Tune, Rolvsøy, Onsøy, Hvaler, Kråkerøy, and Glemmen in Østfold county.

Farm Books
Onsøy lacks any current farm books giving detailed accounts of farm ownership and tennants. However some histories have been published:

Onsø herred 1814-1914: en historisk samt topografisk-statistisk utvikling til Norges 100 aars fest by Joh. K. Bergwitz. Fredrikstad : Centraltyrkkeriet, 1914. 228 p.

Onsøys historie by Terje Schou. Gressvik : Onsøy kommune, 1993. 4 vols.

There is also a local history journal, published annually, for the Onsøy area which includes some farm and family histories:

Varden : årsskrift for Onsøy historielag. Gressvik : Onsøy historielag, 1950-. The volumes for 1950-1955 were published as julehefte or Christmas books.

Farm Names
51	Aale nedre 14	Ammundrød 120	Berge 33	Borge mellem 97	Bossum mellem 121	Braaten 46	Brekke 70	Brekke 43	Dale 57	Dale lille 19	Duberg 68	Dyrød 20	Ek 102	Ellingaard 59	Elslet 112	Engelsviken 103	Espesti 71	Fjelle lille 56	Fjelle store 95	Forsetlund nordre 13	Fosse 74	Fuglesangen 110	Gaustad nedre 92	Gjølberg 48	Græsvik 94	Hageengen 69	Halvorsrød 105	Hankø 49	Hauge 91	Hauge nordre 108	Haviken 2	Havnen 102	Hov 47	Hurrød 101	Huseby lille 119	Husløs nordre 7	Høium 37	Ingulsrød 123	Kallerød 78	Kjenne vestre 36	Kjevelsrød 121	Kjære 35	Kjølberg 102	Kleppe 27	Kolberg nordre 29	Kolberghuset 122	Koret 121	Kraaketorp 11	Krabberød 39	Krabberød 54	Krosnes 58	Langeteig 67	Langgaard 79	Lere 117	Lervik 80	Lilleng 83	Lund lille 99	Lund vestre 35	Lunden 121	Løkken 115	Manstad 65	Mellegaard 8	Mellem-Ørmen vestre 103	Missingerne 10	Mollestad 24	Mossig nordre 26	Mossighuset 23	Mossigrød 66	Nesteng 62	Nøklegaard 53	Okseviken 63	Oksrød 19	Onsø Præstegaard 66	Ramseklove 33	Rasmusbingen 106	Rauø 105	Risholmen 52	Rød 109	Rød vestre 66	Rørvik 127	Røtne 125	Saltnes mellem 87	Sanderup 41	Skaare mellem 66	Skjellum-Sortebæk 118	Skjælø 22	Skogen 86	Skollerød 113	Skontorp 32	Skuggerødmyren 66	Slevik vestre 21	Slottet 107	Smauet 126	Solberg 73	Solbrekke 72	Stenakrød 88	Stene lille 114	Stene vestre 38	Strand nedre 54	Stranden 12	Svierød 61	Søstrene 15	Torbjørnrød 60	Torgauten 81	Torp søndre 30	Torp vestre 19	Treskallen 51	Trondalen 76	Tvete vestre 17	Ulvedalen 16	Valle nordre 85	Vikene 55	Viker 104	Ytterstad 44	Ørebæk vestre 1	Ørmenneset 85	Øtne vestre

Probate Records
1772-1879: Probates may be found in Tune judicial district.