Herøy Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Contains parish registers from the parishes Herøy, Tjøtta and Nordvik with Hæstad chapel. Herøy and Tjøtta was separated from Alstahaug clerical district in 1862, for the years 1776-1862 see Alstahaug clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Herøy: 1848-1878, 1919-1939

Herøy / Herøy: 1877-1918

Herøy / Nordvik: 1892-1917

Alstahaug / Herøy: 1714-1710, 1768-1800, 1820-1847

Alstahaug: 1737-1768, 1773-1787, 1801-1886

Alstahaug / Tjøtta: 1714-1737, 1768-1800, 1829-1840

Alstahaug / Alstahaug: 1714-1804, 1820-1945

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701. 1801 see Alstahaug clerical district.


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


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Herøy clerical districtincludes the parishes of Herøy and Nordvik and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivetand at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


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


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Herøy clerical district includes the parishes of Herøy and Nordvik and is avaiilable in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
54 Aakvik, 2 Andøen 46 Berfjorden, 32 Breistrand, 33 Breistrandvik  47 Dalsvaag, 50 Dønbjørn  49 Engesvik  16 Gaasvær, 45 Gjesfjorden, 20 Graaøen, 44 Gulstad  48 Hangbjørn, 24 Havsteinen, 41 Hildset, 55 Hjartøen, 9 Hjelmsøen, 5 Hokleppen, 39 Holand, 40 Holandstrand, 19 Holmen, 51 Hæstad, 36 Hølen, 35 Hølvolden  15 Inderodden  43 Kjelsnesiken  5 Nordherø, 27 Nordviken  38 Olfoten, 56 Ormsøen  25 Ravnøen  34 Sandstrak, 1 Sandvær nordrem, 6 Seløen, 13 Sildøen, 5 Silvalen, 31 Skaga, 53 Skar, 20 Skibaatsvær, 59 Skorpen, 21 Slapøen, 28 Solfjeld, 29 Strandskogan, 37 Strømme, 4 Sørherø, 30 Sørviken  52 Teistad, 3 Tenna  22 Vandved, 11 Varøen  56 Æsøen  7 Øksningen.

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

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery