Kristiansund Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Møre og Romsdal County &gt; Kristiansund

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Kristiansund prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Kristiansund, Frei (Fredøe) and Grip. Kristiansund and Grip were separated from Kvernes clerical district and Frei from Tingvoll clerical district in 1827. For earlier records see the above mentioned clerical districts. Registers for the years 1842 to 1897 were damaged by fire. Parish registers from 1731-1920.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Kristiansund: 1828-1947

Kristiansund / Frei: 1818-1832, 1880-1950

Kristiansund / Grip: 1880-1950

Kristiansund / Kristiansund: 1819-1832, 1880-1950

Kvernes: 1731-1870

Kvernes / Grip: 1733-1832

Kvernes / Kristiansund: 1731-1737, 1739-1819

Tingvoll: 1645-1702, 1706-1856

Tingvoll / Frei: 1732-1754, 1819-1834

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 see Kvernes clerical district.


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Kristiansund city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digital Archives.  (Kristiansund is listed with Kvernes in the 1801 census in the Digital Archives).
 * Folketelling 1835 og 1845 for Kristiansund prestegjeld (Møre og Romsdal). The 1835 census for Kristiansund include the parishes of Kristiansund, Frei, Grip and Gjemnes.  The 1845 census for Kristiansund include the parishes of Kristiansund, Frei, Grip, Straumsnes and Gjemnes.  They are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * Folketellingen 1825, 1835, 1845, og 1855 for Kvernes prestegjeld (Møre og Romsdal). The 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855 for Kvernes clerical district include the parishes of Kristiansund, Kvernes, Bremsnes, Kornstad, Eide, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Stangvik, Sunndal, Edøy, Aure and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Kristiansund include the parishes of Kristiansund, Frei, Grip and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1742-1857: Probates are found in Kristiansund city judicial district.

Before 1742 see Trondheim Sør-Trøndelag and also

Nordmøre judicial districts.

1697-1812: Clerical probates are found in Nordmøre Deanery