Høland Parish, Akershus, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Akershus County &gt; Høland

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Høland (Løken) prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Høland (Løken), Søndre Høland (Hemnes) and Setskog (Sitskogen) in Høland clerical district. Parish registers from 1719 until 1933.

Digitized parish registers online at Digitalarkivet [Digital Archives]

Høland: 1719-1886, 1919-1969

Høland/Hemnes: 1880-1933

Høland/Løken: 1880-1951

Høland/Setskog: 1880-1947

Census Records
1664-1666: Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Høland prestegjeld (clerical distirct) is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It lists the names of the farms, farmowners (including widows), sons of farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and sons of cottagers and the age of each person. The clerical authorities took a census during this same time period. Both censuses should be used as they supplement each other. The clerical census is more complete.

1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666.  The 1664-1666 census is available on micrifilm at the Family History Library. This census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), the sons of the farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and their sons, and the ages of each person. There was another census taken by the civil author- ities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is more complete.

Farm Books
The Family History Library has. It has farm histories and genealogical information on their residents in Høland and Setskog, Akershus co., Norway.

Probate Records
1680-1853: Records are found in Nedre Romerike judicial district.

1719-1807: Clerical probate records are found in Nedre Romerike deanery.