Øksnes Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Øksnes clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Øksnes and Langenes. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Øksnes: 1718-1877

Øksnes / Langenes: 1864-1896, 1905-1922

Øksnes / Øksnes: 1867-1903, 1906-1927

Langenes: 1877-1884, 1897-1914

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Øksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet as well as in a searchable database.


 * Manntall 1701: The 1701 census for Øksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned formatat Digitalarkivet.&lt;


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Øksnes clerical district includse the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also availalble in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Øksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivetas well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1865 for [nr.] 1868 Øksnes. An index to the 1865 census for Øksnes is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Øksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Øksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivetand at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1900 for [nr.] 1868 Øksnes. An index to the 1900 census for Øksnes is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Øksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Øksenes and Langenes and is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivetand at the NNorwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Borgos, Johan I., Gård og slekt i Øksnes, Myre : Øksnes Historielag, 1990-. Descriptions of farms (gdr.) numbered (gnr.) 1-89, together with personal name index in each volume. FHL 948.451/O2 H2o A farm name index to volume 1 is found in the following link.

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

58 Aasen 3 Andsletten 25 Austringen 12 Bakken 27 Barkestad 24 Berseng 59 Bollevaag 40 Breistrand 22 Brønvaag 23 Børøen 38 Dalen 17 Djupeidet 31 Dungan 26 Dyrøen 57 Elvenes 20 Fagervold 11 Finvaag 47 Fjeldgrimstad 46 Frivaag 68 Gaasøen 37 Godvik 28 Grøtset 21 Gudmundsvik 56 Guldvik 42 Hjellsand med Høidal søndre 55 Hornet 66 Høidal nordre 14 Jerpbakken 52 Kavaasen 5 Kraakberget 7 Kraakhaugen 67 Kraaknes 51 Langstrand 36 Langøen 16 Lynghaug 60 Lønskog 62 Myre 65 Myre 4 Møkland 54 Naversbor 45 Nordsand 10 Nærøen 53 Præstfjorden eller Finjorden 33 Ramsvik indre 15 Ramsvik ytre 39 Roten 8 Rygge nordre 7 Rygge søndre 34 Sandset 30 Seljehullet 29 Sigerland 9 Skaalebøl 18 Skipnes 32 Skjelfjord 50 Smines 6 Sommerland 64 Sommerøen 58 Steinland 54 Strandhaugen 1 Sund 2 Sunderøen 43 Sørsand 48 Tilset 19 Tinden 35 Torset 56 Tuen 41 Tunstad 61 Under Staven 44 Vaaje 13 Vinje 69 Vottestad 49 Øksnes

Probate Records
1673-1879: Probates are found in Lofoten og Versterålen judicial district.