Ørskog Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Ørskog clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Ørskog and Sykkylven. Included Stranda and Stordal until 1759.

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Ørskog / Stordal, Strands, Sykkylven, Ørskog: 1720-1773

Ørskog / Sykkylven, Ørskog: 1773-1877, 1816-1841

Ørskog / Ørskog: 1852-1951

Ørskog / Sykkylven: 1865-1937

Census Records

 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 26: Sunnmøre deanery and Ørskog clerical district was kept by the parish priest and includes the parishes of Ørskog, Sykkylven, Stordal, Stranda, Norddal, Sunnylven and Geiranger. This census is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 16: Romsdal fogderi and Sunnmøre fogderi Digital Archives


 * Census (manntall) 1701, no. 10: Sunnmøre fogderi Digital Archives


 * 1801 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. It is also available online at Digital Archives.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1845 census for Ørskogclerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven. It lists statistics only, and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * 1865 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven. It is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library as well as at online at the Digital Archives and the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. and online at Digital Archives
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 census for Ørskog Digital Archives
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library and online at the Digital Archives. Also online at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910 census for Ørskog is available online at the Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Kjølås, Gerhard, and Waksvik, E.O., Ørskog gjennom tidene, Ørskog : Utgjeve av Ørskog Sparebank, 1964-1969, 1990. history of Ørskog in Møre og Romsdal county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. FS Library 948.35/O2 H2k Farm name indexes to volumes 2 and 3 are found in the following links. ,

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

14 Aamdaam, 31 Akslevold, 51 Almskaret, 38 Apalset, 25 Baardsgjerde, 32 Barlindbrekke, 58 Bjørnevik, 33 Braute, 28 Breiskaret, 6 Bøen, 38 Bøen,  29 Egge,  53 Furnes, 57 Furstranden,  38 Gaupefløget, 15 Gausnes, 20 Giskemo, 24 Gjerde,  2 Halvardsæteren, 38 Hammeren, 6 Hatlen, 2 Haugen, 21 Haukaas, 3 Hjelle, 4 Hjellereite, 34 Holen,  12 Jarskar,  61 Kirkestein, 38 Kleven, 48 Klokk, 43 Kraaken,  27 Lande nedre, 26 Lande øvre, 40 Langskibsøen, 35 Li, 17 Liset, 16 Lisetvik, 11 Ludolfpladsen, 46 Løkedalen, 45 Løset, 52 Løset, 54 Løvold,  47 Melset, 28 Myrene,  44 Nysæteren,  59 Opsal,  41 Ramstad, 9 Reite, 22 Ryssebøen, 56 Rønes,  60 Sandvik, 13 Skarbøen, 50 Skaret, 48 Slettereiten, 8 Sollien nedre, 34 Solnørdalen, 7 Steinene, 28 Steinholt, 37 Stigen, 36 Stillingshaugen, 37 Storvik, 30 Svartløken, 42 Svinset, 5 Sæter, 28 Søholt, 36 Søholtstranden, 49 Søvik nedre,  22 Tuene, 39 Tysse,  7 Utbø,  10 Vagsvik, 23 Valgjerdmo, 11 Vestre, 55 Vinsnes, 1 Viset, 18 Vold nedre, 19 Vold øvre, 28 Volden,  22 Ørskog

Probate Records
1689-1801: Probates are found in Sunnmøre judicial district. 1791-1852: Probates are found in Nordre Sunnmøre judicial district. 1707-1807: Clerical probates are found in Sunnmøre Deanery