Surnadal Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Surnadal clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Øye, Skei (Ranes) and Mo in Surnadal clerical district. Included Rindal parish until 1857. Surnadal belonged to Stangvik from 1589-1699.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Surnadal / Mo, Ranes, Rindal, Øye: 1750-1923

Surnadal / Øye: 1866-1948

Surnadal / Ranes: 1885-1944

Surnadal / Mo: 1866-1930

Surnadal / Øye, Ranes: 1866-1891

Census Records
Digital Archives
 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 29: Nordmøre deanery Surnadal, Rindal, Mo, Ranes, and Øye and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library and online at


 * Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 17: Nordmøre fogderi Digital Archives


 * Census (manntall) 1701, no. 11: Nordmøre fogderi and Romsdal fogderi available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digital Archives


 * 1801 census for Surnadal clerical district include the parishes of Surnadal, Ranes, Rindal, Mo, and Øye and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Aslo available online at Digital Archives.


 * 1835 census see Kvernes


 * 1865 census for Surnadal clerical district include the parishes of Surnadal, Mo, Ranes, Øye and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre


 * 1875 census for Surnadal clerical district include the parishes of Surnadal, Mo, Ranes, Øye and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library and online at Digital Archives


 * 1891 census for Surnadal Digital Archives


 * 1900 census for Surnadal clerical district include the parishes of Surnadal, Ranes, Mo and Øye and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910.  The 1910 census for Surnadal is available online at the Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1668-1877: Probates are found in Nordmøre judicial district.

1697-1812: Clerical probates are found in Nordmøre Deanery