Ørskog Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Ørskog clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Ørskog and Sykkylven. Included Stranda and Stordal until 1759. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the. Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet: Ørskog: 1720-1877 Ørskog / Sykkylven: 1865-1937 Ørskog / Ørskog: 1852-1925 Stranda: 1759-1881 Stranda / Stordal: 1854-1943 Stranda / Stranda: 1854-1938

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Ørskog clerical district was kept by the parish priest and includes the parishes of Ørskog, Sykkylven, Stordal, Stranda, Norddal, Sunnylven and Geiranger. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. It is also available online at Digital Archives.


 * Folketellingen 1845 for Ørskog prestegjeld (Møre og Romsdal). The 1845 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven. It lists statistics only, and is available on microfilm at the Family History LIbrary.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven. It is available on microfilm at the Family History Libraryas well as at online at the Digital Archivesand the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875.\ The 1875 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library and online at the Digital Archives forØrskog and for Sykkylven. Also online at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Ørskog is available online at the Digital Archivesas well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Kjølås, Gerhard, and Waksvik, E.O., Ørskog gjennom tidene, Ørskog : Utgjeve av Ørskog Sparebank, 1964-1969, 1990. history of Ørskog in Møre og Romsdal county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. FHL 948.35/O2 H2k Farm name indexes to volumes 2 and 3 are found in the following links. ,

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

14 Aamdaam 31 Akslevold 51 Almskaret 38 Apalset 25 Baardsgjerde 32 Barlindbrekke 58 Bjørnevik 33 Braute 28 Breiskaret 6 Bøen 38 Bøen 29 Egge 53 Furnes 57 Furstranden 38 Gaupefløget 15 Gausnes 20 Giskemo 24 Gjerde 2 Halvardsæteren 38 Hammeren 6 Hatlen 2 Haugen 21 Haukaas 3 Hjelle 4 Hjellereite 34 Holen 12 Jarskar 61 Kirkestein 38 Kleven 48 Klokk 43 Kraaken 27 Lande nedre 26 Lande øvre 40 Langskibsøen 35 Li 17 Liset 16 Lisetvik 11 Ludolfpladsen 46 Løkedalen 45 Løset 52 Løset 54 Løvold 47 Melset 28 Myrene 44 Nysæteren 59 Opsal 41 Ramstad 9 Reite 22 Ryssebøen 56 Rønes 60 Sandvik 13 Skarbøen 50 Skaret 48 Slettereiten 8 Sollien nedre 34 Solnørdalen 7 Steinene 28 Steinholt 37 Stigen 36 Stillingshaugen 37 Storvik 30 Svartløken 42 Svinset 5 Sæter 28 Søholt 36 Søholtstranden 49 Søvik nedre 22 Tuene 39 Tysse 7 Utbø 10 Vagsvik 23 Valgjerdmo 11 Vestre 55 Vinsnes 1 Viset 18 Vold nedre 19 Vold øvre 28 Volden 22 Ørskog

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