Vefsn Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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Church Records
Vefsn clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Vefsn with Mosjøen, Drevja and Grane. Included Hattfjelldal until 1860 when it became its own clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Vefsn: 1690-1693, 1712-1778, 1780-1858

Vefsn / Mosjøen Ladested: 1880-1903

Vefsn / Vefsn: 1880-1896, 1934-1944

Vefsn m/Mosjøen: 1846-1879

Census Records:
1664-1666 Census for Vefsn can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah

Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It lists the names of the farms, farmowners (including widows), sons of farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and sons of cottagers and the age of each person. (Usually only males from 12 years and older, but in some cases all males from birth are listed). The clerical authorities took a census during this same time period. Both censuses should be used as they supplement each other. The clerical census is usually more complete. HELGELAND FOGDERI b. 20 Vefsen (Vefsn) fjering FHL INTL Film 122981 Item 3

[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F396984 '''Sogneprestens manntall. '''] This Census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), the sons of the farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and their sons, and the ages of each person. (Usually only males from 12 years and older, but in some cases all males from birth are listed). There was another census taken by the civil authorities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is usually more complete.

HELGELAND PROSTI b. 35 Alstahaug prestegjeld Alstahaug fjering Herø (Herøy) fjering Tjøtta fjering Vefsn (Vefsn) fjering Nesne (Nesna) fjering Ranen (Nord-Rana) fjering FHL INTL Film 122976 Item 3

1701 Census for Vefsncan be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah

The census of 1701 was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. In some cases the place of birth of a servant may be listed, if he was born in a different clerical district. Records covering large parts of east and south Norway are missing.

NORDLAND FYLKE b. 16 Helgeland fogderi Alstahaug prestegjeld Ranen (Hemnes og Mo) fjering Nesne fjering Vefsn (Vefsn) fjering Tjøtta fjering Alstahaug fjering Herø (Herøy) fjering FHL INTL Film 122985 Item 2

1801 Census for Vefsn

1865 Census for Vefsn

1875 Census for Vefsn

1900 Census for Vefsn

1910 Census for Vefsn

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

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery

Historical Society
Vefsn Historielag