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 FamilySearch 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

 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall. Includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet
 * 1664-1666: Fogdenes og sorenskrivernes manntall. Includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1701: Manntall. Includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1801: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865: Folketellinga. Available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Øksenes and Langenes and is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900: Folketellinga. Available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library. available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Øksenes and Langenes and is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian 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. FS Library 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.