Rødøy Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Rødøy clerical district contains parish registers from Rødøy parish with Ullsfjord chapel. Included Lurøy and Træna parishes until 1767 and Meløy until 1903.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Rødøy: 1739-1750, 1824-1863, 1902-1910, 1924-1742

Rødøy / Lurøy: 1760-1757, 1820-1825

Rødøy / Meløy: 1760-1844, 1863-1907

Rødøy / Rødøy: 1758-1923

Rødøy / Rødøy, Meløy: 1860-1877

Rødøy / Træna: 1760-1766, 1820-1824

Lurøy: 1825-1879, 1863-1879, 1892-1917

Lurøy / Lurøy: 1767-1873, 1880-1922

Lurøy / Træna: 1768-1909

Meløy: 1833-1941

Træna: 1874-1933

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall. Includes the parishes of Meløy, Træna, Lurøy and Rødøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1664-1666: Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall. Includes the parishes of Rødøy, Meløy, Gildeskål, Træna and Lurøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1701: Manntall. Includes the parishes of Rødøy, Meløy, Lurøy and Træna and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1801: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Rødøy, Lurøy, Træna and Meløy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Rødøy and Meløy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and 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 Rødøy and Meløy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1891: Folketellingen. Available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1900: Folketellingen. Available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen. Available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
36 Aanes, 58 Aarnes 53 Bjerga, 52 Blok, 57 Breivik, 10 Brensvik, 49 Bø  42 Eidvik, 31 Einvik, 45 Eskeholmen  75 Flatøen, 35 Forsdal  7 Gjersvik, 15 Gjervalen, 76 Gjerøen, 72 Gjesøen, 78 Gjærøhavn  6 Haakaringen, 29 Hammerøen, 20 Hellervik, 18 Helvik, 22 Hytten, 73 Høivaagen  34 Jægtvik  61 Kilen, 24 Kilhavn, 40 Kisten, 54 Kjetvik, 33 Kolvik, 16 Kvalvik, 51 Kvalvik, 37 Kvitnesvik  8 Langnes, 21 Lines  25 Melfjorden, 71 Myken, 38 Mælen  1 Nesøen nordre, 27 Nordfjordholmen, 26 Nordfjordnes  19 Oldervik, 70 Otervær  44 Pladsen  5 Rangsund, 55 Reppen, 79 Ringen, 74 Rødøen, 48 Rønvik  23 Sandvik, 63 Segelfor, 67 Seines, 4 Selsøen lille, 2 Selsøen store, 17 Skeivik, 33 Skjaavik, 66 Sleipnes, 32 Sperstad, 9 Steinsland, 68 Storsteinøren, 18 Strand, 39 Strømsnes, 41 Strømsvik, 3 Sundøen, 69 Svinvær, 13 Sørfjorden  30 Telnes, 59 Tjong, 12 Tømmerdal  65 Vaage, 64 Vaagenge, 28 Vaatvik, 71 Valvær, 14 Vasvik, 43 Værangen, 50 Værnes nordre, 47 Værnes søndre, 46 Værnesosen  62 Æsvik  11 Øresvik

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

1701-1832: Clerical probates are found in Salten Deanery