Nesna Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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History
Nesna is a small coastal town located approximately 24 miles south of the Arctic Circle. The name comes from the old farm Nesna (Norse Nesnar), and is derived from the word nes n 'headland'. The parish of Nesna has been in existance since the 1600’s. The municipality of Nesna was created on January 1, 1838.

Church Records
Nesna clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes of Nesna with Bardal chapel and Dønnes (Dønna) with Husby chapel. Includes Hjelpe cemetery at Sjona. Nesna or (Yttre Ranen) was an annex under Alstahaug clerical district until 1730, but was divided and made its own district on 12 Dec., 1738.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the church books, 1704-1934.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Newna: 1704-1820, 1829-1910

Nesna / Dønna: 1820-1828, 1842-1910

Nesna / Nesna: 1820-1828, 1842-1861, 1864-1880, 1893-1928

Nesna / Sjona: 1864-1902

Dønna: 1855-1877, 1880-1939

Census Records
The 1865, 1875 and 1900 Norwegian census records can be searched on a web site maintained by the Nowregian Historical Data Center at http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/folketellinger_e.aspx

Nesna is located in the Nordland province: if you select Nordland, click on the 'Limit your search criteria to one or more parishes' and click on the box next to Nesna you will limit your search to Nesna.

Farm Books
There are two Bygdeboks for Nesna (both available only in Norwegian):


 * Nesna Sogn - fram til år 1800 (Until the year 1800) by Øyvind Jenssen ISBN: 82-994038-0-4 and 82-994038-1-2
 * Nesna 1800 - 1920 - Fra Prestegjeld til kommune (From the Parishes of the munincipality) by Øyvind Jenssen ISBN: 82-994038-0-4 and 82-994038-1-2

Probate Records
1686-1878: Probates are found in Helgeland judicial district.

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery

Related Web Sites

 * Frode Holthe lives in Husby at the island Tomma in Nesna, Helgeland. He maintains a publicly accessable database with a large collection of genealogical information about the Nesna area. The site supports English and Norwegian. This is the English link: http://www.slekt.net/home.php