Meløy Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Meløy clerical district contains the parish registers from Meløy parish. It was separated from Rødøy clerical district in 1903. For earlier records see Rødøy clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Meløy: 1833-1941

Rødøy / Meløy: 1760-1844, 1863-1907

Rødøy / Rødøy, Meløy: 1860-1877

Rødøy: 1739-1750, 1824-1863, 1902-1910, 1924-1942

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701, 1801, 1865, 1875 see Rødøy clerical district


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Meløy clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Meløy clerical district is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Moe, Knut, Gård og grend i Meløy, Meløy : Meløy kommune, 1981. A history of Meløy and the farms in the area in Nordland with some genealogy. FHL 948.451/M2 H2m Farm name indexes to volumes 1 and 2 are found in the following links. ,

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows: 12 Aabotsvik, 14 Aag, 7 Aamnes, 16 Arhaug 86 Ballset, 85 Ballsetvatnet, 31 Bjærangen, 2 Bolgen, 53 Borvik, 22 Braset, 30 Breivik  70 Dalen, 58 Digermulen, 60 Djupvik  37 Enga, 13 Engevik  80 Fagervik, 18 Fondalen, 19 Fonnøren, 27 Forøen  74 Gaasvær, 64 Gjerset, 45 Glommen, 29 Grønaasen, 39 Grønøen  26 Halsa, 28 Halsosen, 3 Harfjeld, 4 Harfjeldstrand, 46 Haugvik nordre, 11 Haugvik søndre, 10 Herstad, 21 Holand  41 Jenslund  32 Kjeldal, 6 Kjørhaug, 5 Kjørhaugvik, 15 Korsvik, 72 Kunna  69 Marken, 77 Meløen, 76 Meløskagen, 82 Meløsund, 83 Mesøen, 61 Mosvold  49 Næverdal  34 Oldra, 36 Osa, 75 Otervær  44 Reindalen, 17 Rendalsvik, 81 Risvik, 79 Røshagen  50 Sandaa, 43 Sandvik, 35 Saura, 48 Selstad, 84 Sildvik 24 Skaalsvik 9 Skaret 1 Sneen 20 Snelandslien 23 Sommersæt 57 Spilderdalen 55 Spilderen 8 Stavnes 66 Stie, 73 Støtt, 47 Sætvik, 67 Sørfore  65 Teksmoen, 63 Torsvik  54 Vaatvik, 38 Valla nedre, 40 Valla øvre, 42 Vasdal, 78 Venvik, 59 Vinterveien  27 Æsøen  51 Øbugt, 71 Øisund

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

1701-1832: Clerical probates are found in Salten Deanery

Historical Society
Meløy Historielag