Vigra (Roald) Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Vigra (Roald), Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records
Parish and sexton records for Vigra (Roald) parish. Belonged to Borgund clerical district together with Haram from 1589 until 1702 when Haram became its own clerical district. Records from 1689 until 1889.

Haram / Vigra (Roald): 1689-1738, 1818-1889

Haram / Haram, Vigra (Roald): 1739-1840

See also Haram clerical district.

Census Records

 * Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 16: Romsdal fogderi and Sunnmøre fogderi Digital Archives


 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 26: Sunnmøre deanery Digital Archives


 * Census (manntall) 1701, no. 10: Sunnmøre fogderi Digital Archives


 * 1801, 1865, 1875 see Haram clerical district.


 * 1891 census for Vigra (Roald) Digital Archives


 * 1900 census for Vigra (Roald) Digital Archives


 * 1910 census for Vigra (Roald) Digital Archives

Farm Books
Molnes, Johan S.J., Vigra-slekter gjennom 500 år, [Valderøy] : Giske kommune, 1987. A genealogy and a history of the people who lived in Vigra, Møre og Romsdal, Norway through the past 500 years. FHL 948.35/V10 D2m A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

4 Blindem 4 Blindemsviken 3 Gjerdet 7 Gjøsund  4 Jensgjerdet  1 Langhaug  2 Molnes  1 Neset  1 Roald 3 Rørvik 5 Røsvik  1 Sandene 3 Sunde 6 Synes

Probate Records
1689-1801: Probates are found in Sunnmøre judicial district.

1791-1852: Probates are found in Nordre Sunnmøre judicial district.

1707-1807: Clerical probates are found in Sunnmøre Deanery

Probate records for Haram clerical district 1678-1871.