Snåsa Parish, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Snåsa clerical district contains parish registers from the parish Snåsa. It included Nordli with Tunnsjø chapel and Sørli until 1860 when they became Lierne clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Lierne / Nordli: 1882-1902

Lierne / Sørli: 1882-1939

Snåsa: 1733-1903

Snåsa / Lierne, Nordli, Sørli: 1865-1881

Snåsa / Nordli: 1817-1864

Snåsa / Sørli: 1817-1864

Census Records

 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 33: Innherad deanery Digital Archives


 * Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 19: Fosen fogderi, Inderøy fogderi, Selbu fogderi, Namdal fogderi and Stjørdal fogderi at Family History Library INTL Film 122975 Item 4 and online scanned images at Digitalarkivet


 * Census (manntall) 1701, no. 15: Inderøy fogderi and Namdal fogderi Digital Archives


 * 1801 Census The 1801 census for Snåsa clerical district includes Snåsa, Nordli, and Sørli parishes. INTL Film 123008 Item 1 1801 Census for Snåsa Database


 * 1835 Census for Snåsa can be found at the Family History Library in Salt lake City, Utah. The 1835 census of Snåsa clerical district includes these parishes: Snåsa, Nordli, and Sørli (until 1860). It lists the farm names, persons name, and statistics. This census for Snåsa clerical district (Nord-Trøndelag) can be found at the Family History Library INTL Film 1283463 Item 2


 * 1845 Census for Snåsa can be found at the Family History Library in Salt lake City, Utah. The 1845 census for Snåsa clerical district which includes the parishes Snåsa, Nordli and Sørli. Includes the farmnames, head of houshold (or his widow), his wife, children, other family members staying in household, tenant farmers and families, retired people, servants, occupation, sex, age and some miscellaneous information. the census for Snåsa clerical district (Nord-Trøndelag) can be found at the Family History Library INTL Film 1694694 Item 3


 * 1865 Census for Snåsaavailable at the Family History Library Film 123094 Item4 and online 1865 Census for Snåsa Database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 Census for Snåsa can be found at the Family History Library in Salt lake City, Utah. b. 1 Krets 1-3 b. 2 Krets 4-5 b. 3 Krets 6-8 Family History Library INTL Film 273646 and online Digital Archives


 * 1891 census for Skogn Digital Archives


 * 1900 Census can be found at the Family History Library Films 274746, 274747, and 274748 1900 Census for Snåsa Database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1910 Census 1910 Census for Snåsa Database at Digitalarkivet

Farm Books
Sandnes, Jørn, Snåsaboka, Snåsa : Utgitt av Snåsa kommune, 1956-1965. An extensive history of Snåsa in Nord-Trøndelag county from the earliest times to 1940 and a genealogy of the people and their farms. Contents: b. 1. Bygdehistorien fram til år 1800 -- b. 2. Bygdehistorien etter år 1800 -- b. 3. Gardshistoria -- b. 4. Brukarhistoria. FHL 948.42/S1 H2s Farm name indexes to volumes 3 and 4 are found in the following links. ,

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

34 Aalmo 69 Aalneset 61 Aasa 16 Aasvold 24 Agle 40 Aun 38 Belbu 19 Berg 21 Bomo 19 Bomoaunet 66 Breide 48 Brenna 9 Bruvold 55 Brønstad 23 Bøgset  13 Dravlan 46 Dæli  41 Eggen 36 Enga  52 Fagerbakken 68 Finsaas 18 Forberg  35 Gaasmo 71 Gaundalen 52 Gavlen 64 Gifstad 58 Gifstadbakken 73 Gjefsjøen 54 Gran 31 Gravbrøt 74 Græssaamoen  1 Hammer 44 Henveg 72 Holden 3 Holem 57 Holseng 12 Horjem 43 Husa 41 Husaasen 53 Hyllen 62 Hævdesaasen  67 Jørstad  11 Kjenneraasen 63 Kjenstad 63 Kjenstadberget 60 Kjevli 65 Klev 26 Kolaas 39 Kolbergaunet 11 Kolkjønfjeldet 17 Krosgaarden  27 Landsem 6 Langnes 25 Langvatn  56 Medjaas 33 Mollan 33 Mollaunet 42 Mona 10 Moum 63 Myrskarskoven 4 Mølnvik  20 Navlus  30 Omli  53 Parnassus  5 Rennset 22 Rygvold  8 Sagbakken 51 Sandnes 14 Sem 28 Skaalmo 29 Skartnes 37 Skavlan 45 Skjulet 32 Skromo 59 Steinkjær 70 Strindmoen 15 Støvra 49 Svarva  15 Undershaug  48 Vaag 7 Vegset 7 Vegsetmoen 65 Vimoen 50 Vinje 47 Volden  2 Østvik

Probate Records
1689-1871: Probates are found in Inderøy judicial district.

1691-1808: Clerical probates are found in Innherad Deanery