Nittedal Parish, Akershus, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Akershus County &gt; Nittedal

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Nittedal prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers from the parishes Nittedal and Hakadal (Hakedal). They were separated from Skedsmo clerical district in 1774. For earlier records see Skedsmo clerical district. The parish registers exist from 1775 -1929.

See also Skedsmo

Digitized parish registers online at Digitalarkivet [Digital Archives]

Nittedal: 1775-1878, 1902-1969

Nittedal/Hakadal: 1859-1945

Nittedal/Nittedal: 1859-1901, 1930-1943

Census Records

 * 1663-1665: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. This census for the parishes of Skedsmo, Nittedal, Lørenskog and Hakadal in Nittedal prestegjeld (clerical distirct) is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), the sons of the farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and their sons, and the ages of each person. There was another census taken by the civil authorities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is more complete.


 * 1801: Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Nittedal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1801 census (b. 7) for Nittedal clerical district includes Nittedal, and Hakadal parishes. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation. Also available online at Digital Archives (Digitalarkivet).


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Nittedal prestegjeld (clerical district) is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, martial status, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information. Each book usually contains one clerical district (prestegjeld). In some books there are two clerical districts recorded. The parishes and school districts in each clerical district are listed at the beginning of each book. Available online at Digital Archives (Digitalarkivet), as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø in Norway.

Farm Books
The Family History Library has. It is a genealogy of the people and their farms and a history of Nittedal and Hakadal in Akershus county. Volume 1 is for Nittedal and volume 2 is for Hakadal.

Farm books on the Internet
Bygdebok for Nittedal og Hakadal. There are links to the various farms in the left-hand column.

Probate Records
1680-1853: Records are found in Nedre Romerike judicial district.

1709-1778: Clerical probate records are found in Øvre Romerike deanery.