Øksnes Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Øksnes clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Øksnes and Langenes. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Øksnes: 1718-1877

Øksnes / Langenes: 1864-1896, 1905-1922

Øksnes / Øksnes: 1867-1903, 1906-1927

Langenes: 1877-1884, 1897-1914

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Øksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes 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.


 * Manntall 1701: The 1701 census for Øksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Øksnes and Langenes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned formatat Digitalarkivet.&lt;


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


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


 * Folketellinga 1865 for [nr.] 1868 Øksnes. An index to the 1865 census for Øksnes is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


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


 * Folketellinga 1900 for [nr.] 1868 Øksnes. An index to the 1900 census for Øksnes is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Øksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Øksenes and Langenes and is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivetand at the NNorwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Borgos, Johan I., Gård og slekt i Øksnes, Myre : Øksnes Historielag, 1990-. Descriptions of farms (gdr.) numbered (gnr.) 1-89, together with personal name index in each volume. FHL 948.451/O2 H2o A farm name index to volume 1 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:

58 Aasen, 3 Andsletten, 25 Austringen 12 Bakken, 27 Barkestad, 24 Berseng, 59 Bollevaag, 40 Breistrand, 22 Brønvaag, 23 Børøen  38 Dalen, 17 Djupeidet, 31 Dungan, 26 Dyrøen  57 Elvenes  20 Fagervold, 11 Finvaag, 47 Fjeldgrimstad, 46 Frivaag  68 Gaasøen, 37 Godvik, 28 Grøtset, 21 Gudmundsvik, 56 Guldvik  42 Hjellsand med Høidal søndre, 55 Hornet, 66 Høidal nordre  14 Jerpbakken  52 Kavaasen, 5 Kraakberget, 7 Kraakhaugen, 67 Kraaknes  51 Langstrand, 36 Langøen, 16 Lynghaug, 60 Lønskog  62 Myre, 65 Myre, 4 Møkland  54 Naversbor 45 Nordsand 10 Nærøen  53 Præstfjorden eller Finjorden  33 Ramsvik indre, 15 Ramsvik ytre, 39 Roten, 8 Rygge nordre, 7 Rygge søndre  34 Sandset, 30 Seljehullet, 29 Sigerland, 9 Skaalebøl, 18 Skipnes, 32 Skjelfjord, 50 Smines, 6 Sommerland, 64 Sommerøen, 58 Steinland, 54 Strandhaugen, 1 Sund, 2 Sunderøen, 43 Sørsand  48 Tilset, 19 Tinden, 35 Torset, 56 Tuen, 41 Tunstad  61 Under Staven  44 Vaaje, 13 Vinje, 69 Vottestad  49 Øksnes

Probate Records
1673-1879: Probates are found in Lofoten og Versterålen judicial district.