Sarpsborg Parish, Østfold, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Sarpsborg clerical district contains parish registers from Sarpsborg city. Sarpsborg was separated from Tune in 1859. Earlier records must be searched for in Tune.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Sarpsborg: 1859-1969

Tune: 1720-1959

Sarpsborg Metodist kirke: 1856-1923

Sarpsborg Den Evangeliske Brødremenighet: 1909-1917

Census Records
1664-66 Church Male Census for Østfold County

1801 Census for Østfold County

1865 Census for Sarpsborg

1885 Census for Sarpsborg

1900 Census for Sarpsborg

1910 Census for Sarpsborg

Census Microfilm collection at FamilySearch

The 1865, 1875, 1900, 1910 censuses are also available online in a searchable database at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre

Probate Records
1802-1852 Probates may be found in Idd og Marker judicial district.