Nærøy Parish, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Nærøy clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Nærøy with Steine Chapel and Vikna (Vikten) until 1914. Included Kolvereid, Leka and Foldereid until 1797.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Nærøy: 1829-1879, 1888-1899

Nærøy / Foldereid: 1689-1814

Nærøy / Kolvereid: 1736-1786

Nærøy / Leka: 1710-1805

Nærøy / Nærøy: 1730-1785, 1816-1829, 1880-1887

Nærøy / Nærøy, Vikna: 1785-1815

Nærøy / Vikna: 1818-1829, 1880-1887

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census for Nærøy can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. NAMDALEN PROSTI I b. 34 Nærø (Nærøy) prestegjeld Vikten (Vikna) parish and Leka annex. Family History Library INTL Film 122976 Item 1. Scanned images are online at  Digital Archives.


 * 1664-1666 census NAMDALEN FOGDERI b. 19 Nærø (Nærøy) prestegjeld Leka fjering Vikten (Vikna) fjering Folden (Foldereid) fjering Løfsnes fjering Family History Library INTL Film 122981 Item 2. Scanned images are available at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1701 Census for Nærøy can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. NORD-TRØNDELAG FYLKE b. 15 Namdalen fogderi Nærø (Nærøy) prestegjeld Family History Library INTL Film 122985 Item 1, and online Digital Archives.


 * 1801 Census The 1801 census for Nærøy clerical district includes Nærøy and Vikna parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library and as a database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865 Census The 1865 census for Nærøy clerical district includes Nærøy, Leka and Vikna parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library and as a database atDigitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 Census The 1875 census for Nærøy clerical district includesNærøy and Vikna parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library also online Digital Archives.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 census for Nærøy Digital Archives.


 * 1900 Census The 1900 census for Nærøy clerical district includes Nærøy and Vikna parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library and as a database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Farm Books
Leirvik,Kåre and Leirvik Sveinung,Nærøy bygdebok, Nærøy : Utgitt av Nærøy kommune, 1980-. A genealogy and history of the people and farms in Foldereid in Nærøy clerical district in Nord-Trøndelag county from 1600-1964. FHL 948.42/N2 D2L

Contents: b. 1. Gårder og slekter i Foldereid 1600-1964 -- b. 2. Gårder og slekter i søndre del av Kolvereid, 1620-1964 -- b. 3. Brukerhistorie. Gårder og slekter i Kolvereid / -- b. 4 og 5. Brukerhistorie. Gårder og slekter i Nærøy, 1600-1964 -- b. 6. Gårder og slekter i Gravvik 1600-1964

A farm name index to volume 1 is found in the following link.

Farm Names
17 Arnøen lille 18 Arnøen store 7 Aunet 9 Bjørndal 35 Breiøen 13 Buskholmen  26 Dyrneset  24 Fikkan 28 Flatholmen  30 Hamland 30 Hamlandsviken 32 Hestviken 20 Hestøen 3 Holand 31 Hundhammer 19 Høggerøen  33 Kalvøen og Abelvær 32 Klungset 22 Kongensøen 27 Korsskogan 35 Kraakøen  27 Laugen 27 Laugsjøen 15 Lundring  36 Maaøen  32 Nesviken 14 Nærøen  2 Ottersøen 32 Ottersøen  33 Ramstad 16 Rossøen  6 Sandnes 6 Sandnesenget 21 Sandøen 24 Skillingstad 26 Skjaaneset 32 Steine 27 Strangvalen 5 Søraaaunet 4 Søraaen  29 Torland 1 Torstad 34 Tviberg  23 Vaag 28 Val lille 26 Val store 25 Varøen 8 Vea lille 10 Vea store  11 Øiahalsen 12 Øien

Probate Records
1656-1863: Probates are found in Namdal judicial district.

1703-1815: Clerical probates are found in Namdal Deanery