Nesna Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

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 '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.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Nesna: 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

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Alstahaug clerical district includes the parishes of Alstahaug, Herøy, Tjøtta, Vefsn, Nord-Rana and Nesna and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet as well as in a searchable database.


 * Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Nesna clerical district includes the parishes of Nesna and Dønnes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet.


 * Manntall 1701: The 1701 census for Alstahaug clerical district includes the parishes of Alstahaug, Hemnes, Mo, Nesna, Vefsn, Tjøtta and Herøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned formatat Digitalarkivet as well as in a searchable database.


 * Sjeleregister, 1795-1797. The 1795-1797 census for Nidaros prosti include the parishes of Tjøtta, Nesna, Elsfjord and Korgen all in Nordland county and Grong, Høylandet, Harran, Klinga, Otterøy, Flatanger, Kvam, Følling and Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Nesna clerical district includes the parishes of Nesna, Dønnes and Sjona and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketellingen i 1855, Nesna prestegjeld (Nordland). The 1855 census for Nesna clerical district includes the parishes of Nesna and Dønnes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Nesna clerical district includes the parishes of Nesna and Dønnes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitialarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875.' The 1875 census for Nesna clerical district includes the parishes of Nesna and Dønnes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Nesna clerical district includes the parishes of Nesna and Dønnes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also avaialble in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet for Nesna and Dønnesand at the Norwegain Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Nesna is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the [http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/folketellinger_e.aspx Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

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

Farm Names
90 Akkarviken, 5 Alsøen, 42 Auren 73 Bakken, 69 Bardal indre, 75 Bardal ytre, 76 Bergsnev, 70 Blyset, 39 Botnet, 71 Breimo, 32 Buviken  19 Dilleren  46 Einmoen, 68 Ekren, 20 Enga, 78 Enga, 48 Engen, 79 Engen  93 Fagerviken lille, 91 Fagerviken stor, 24 Feøen, 95 Finkonna, 1 Finviken, 28 Flostrand, 3 Forsland, 35 Fuglstad, 37 Fuglstadlien  9 Hagen, 23 Halland, 63 Hammerøen, 55 Handaa, 6 Handnes, 8 Handstein, 34 Hauknes, 31 Helgaaen, 30 Helgaavatnet, 54 Herset, 64 Hinderaa, 16 Hines, 22 Horn, 21 Huglen, 53 Huske, 80 Høijorden  41 Jægtstranden  38 Kvalnes  85 Laavong indre, 87 Laavong ytre, 74 Lagli, 29 Langstrand, 94 Lien, 77 Lindset, 47 Longset  74 Mastermoen, 62 Mehus, 41 Myklebostad  89 Naalkyta, 83 Neppelberg, 57 Nesne, 25 Nordbostad, 33 Nordfjorden, 67 Nordvikneset, 28 Nylandet  52 Oldersletten, 65 Peperøen med Neppeløen  84 Randalen, 10 Ravnfløi, 51 Remmaa, 49 Remmen, 92 Remmen, 17 Riksen  59 Sandnes ytre, 18 Saura, 2 Sellaat, 40 Sjoneidet, 44 Sjonfjeldet, 43 Sjonstien, 11 Skaga, 86 Skaret, 4 Skjeivstad, 50 Skog, 63 Sleremmen, 56 Sletstrand, 13 Steiro, 41 Stokhaugen, 15 Stokka, 60 Strand nedre, 61 Strand øvre  27 Tortenviken  66 Underøen  7 Valla, 81 Vasdal, 88 Velsvaag, 45 Venes med Laagland, 26 Vik, 26 Vikholmen  12 Øbø, 18 Ørneset, 82 Østviken

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

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery

1686-1780: Index to probates from. An extraction of the probate records from 1686 to 1780 for Altsahaug, Nordland, Norway.

Related Websites

 * 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