Norway Census, 1865 - FamilySearch Historical Records

Norway

Why Should I Look at This Collection?
This census enumerates all persons in Norway on 31 December 1865. The census is arranged by county, clerical district, parish. In the cities the census is arranged by street name, and in rural areas by district and farm. This census contains the person's name, sex, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, occupation, marital status, year of birth, place of birth, religion if a person did not belong to the state church, and other miscellaneous information.

What is in This Collection?
The following information may be found in this collection: • 2 The census is comprised of several sections: Hovedlist (main list) and Specialliste over Folketallet (special list of the population). The specalliste was subdivided into prestegjeld (clerical distric), sogn (parish), and Skoledistrikt (school district) in rural areas.

In the parish of Tana, Finnmark County, only the name of the head of household was recorded.

Reading These Records
These records are in Norwegian. For help reading these records see the following guides:
 * Norway Language and Languages
 * Norwegian Language Information
 * Norwegian Word List

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of his name
 * Try searching by surname only

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Norway.
 * Norway Guided Research
 * Norway Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Norge. Rentekammeret. Folketellingen den 31ste desember 1865, Norge

Related FamilySearch Historical Records Collections

 * Norway Census, 1875
 * Norway Census, 1891
 * Norway Census, 1900
 * Norway Census, 1910

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