Bø Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Bø clerical district contains parish registers for the parishes Bø and Malnes. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Bø: 1741-1895

Bø / Bø: 1870-1921

Bø / Malnes: 1865-1901

Malnes: 1902-1918

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Bø clerical district includes the parishes of Bø and Malnes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet as well as in a searchable index.


 * Manntall 1701: The 1701 census for Bø clerical district includes the parishes of Bø and Malnes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Bø clerical district includes the parishes ofBø and Malnes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at the Digitalarkivet.


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


 * Folketellinga 1865 for [nr.] 1867 Bø i Vesterålen. An index to the 1865 census is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


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


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census to Bø clerical district includes the parishes of Bø and Malnes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1900 for [nr.] 1867 Bø i Vesterålen. The 1900 census for Bø clerical district is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Bø and Malnes is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
Farm number and names listed in Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names in about 1900 are as follows:

14 Bø, 35 Børge, 33 Fagerhaugen, 28 Fjærvold, 30 Forøen, 29 Føre, 27 Gimstad, 1 Guvaag, 3 Haugsnes, 31 Hole, 5 Jørland, 8 Klaksjorden, 26 Kleppelven, 7 Langmoen, 20 Lilleøen, 13 Lokkøen, 32 Lynghaugen, 15 Maarsund, 23 Nakling, 24 Neset, 10 Pollen, 11 Ramberg, 9 Ringstad, 2 Røsnes, 40 Skaarvaagen, 18 Skagen, 21 Skjæringstad, 4 Skorpen, 12 Snarset, 17 Steine, 16 Steinsvik, 37 Strømme, 39 Strømsjøen, 25 Svinøen, 39 Søberg, 8 Uvaag, 22 Vaagen, 34 Vea, 6 Verhalsen, 38 Vikan, 19 Vinje, 36 Øijorden

Farm names listed in Straume Bø Bygedebok I in 1962 are as follows:

Borgarleier og Kremmarar, Bø, Guvåg, Haugsnes, Jektebruket, Jørland, Klaksjord, Kremmarar og Borgarleier, Langmoa, Lokkøy, Pollen, Ramberg, Ringstad, Røsnes, Skorpa, Snarset, Uvåg, Verhalsen, Vesterålen

Farm names listed in Straume Bø Bygedebok II in 1963 are as follows:

Bø, Børge, Bøstrand, Demma, Fagerhaugen, Farveisa, Fjærvoll, Forøy, Føre, Gimstad, Gimstadsjøen, Handkleppen, Hesthagen, Hole, Kleppelva, Kongsfjellet, Litløy, Lofotposten, Lundhaug, Lynghaug, Mårsund, Nakling, Neset, Skagen, Skjerringstad, Skårvågen, Steine, Steinsvik, Straume, Straumsjø, Straumsjøen, Svinøy, Søberg, Under Føre, Under Søberg, Vea, Vikan, Vinje, Været, Vågen, Øyjord

Farm names listed in Straume Bø Bygedebok III in 1964 are as follows:

Asterset, Botten, Bøen, Eidet, Godvik, Grimstad, Gustad, Gåsland, Haugen, Hovden, Husvåg, Jenn, Kvalvik, Malnes, Nyke, Nykvåg, Oksebøl, Reinshaugen, Rise, Rottesnes, Røshagen, Sandvik, Selvåg, Skålbrekka, Spjelvåg, Sund, Under Skålbrekka, Utskor, Veggemo, Åsan

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