Ofoten Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Nordland County &gt; Ofoten

Church Records
Ofoten clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Evenes (Ofoten), Ballangen, Ankenes with Skjomen chapel and Narvik. Narvik became its own clerical district in 1929.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Ofoten: 1699-1711, 1714-1732, 1748-1886

Ofoten / Ankenes: 1879-1949

Ofoten / Ballangen: 1923-1939

Ofoten / Bjerkvik: 1914-1925

Ofoten / Evenes: 1821-1921

Ofoten / Narvik: 1902-1924

Ofoten / Skjomen: 1885-1928

Census Records:
1664-1666 Census for Ofoten can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah

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. (Usually only males from 12 years of age, but in some cases all males from birth are listed). There was another census taken by the civil authorities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is usually more complete.

SALTEN PROSTI b. 35 Hegestad (Lødingen) prestegjeld Hegestad (Lødingen) fjering Tjelsund (Tjeldsund) fjering Tysfjorden (Tysfjord) fjering Ofoten fjering Vaagan (Vågan) fjering Gimsø (Gimsøy) fjering FHL INTL Film 122976 Item 3

1701 Census for Ofoten

1801 Census for Ofoten

1835 Census for Ofoten can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah The 1835 census for the parishes Evenes and Ankenes in Ofoten clerical district; Skjerstad and Fauske in Skerstad clerical district; Værøy and Røst in Værøy clerical district. It lists the farm name, head of household, his wife, children, servants, retired persons, sex, age, some miscellaneous information and it also lists statistics.

Skjerstad og Fauske med Vatnebygden 1835 Evenes og Ankenes 1835 FHL INTL Film 1283464 Item 8 Ankenes, Værøy og Røst 1835 FHL INTL Film 1283465 Item 1 Skjerstad prestegjeld 1835 FHL INTL Film 1694694 Item 5 Værøy og Røst 1835 FHL INTL Film 1694694 Item 7

1865 Census for Ofoten

1875 Census for Ofoten

1891 Census for Ofoten can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah Trondenes prestegjeld FHL INTL Fiche 6350069 Fiches 1-25 Trondenes prestegjeld en del av Ofoten prestegjeld FHL INTL Fiche 6350069 Fiches 26-32

1910 Census for Ofoten

Probate Records
1713-1877: Probates are found in Salten judicial district.

1701-1832: Clerical probates are found in Salten Deanery

Historical Society
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