Oppland County, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Oppland ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway.

Oppland extends from the lakes Mjøsa and Randsfjorden to the mountains Dovrefjell, Jotunheimen and Rondane. The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres, Toten, Hadeland and Land.

Government Offices and Sites

 * Oppland fylkeskommune
 * Wikipedia Oppland County

Church Records/Civil Registration

 * These are the most important records you will use, and a majority of your research will be found in them. All civil registration was kept by the church parishes until 2012.
 * 1812-1938 Norway, Church Records, 1812-1938 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * 1815-1930 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1815-1938 Norway Church Records, 1815-1938 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * Digitalarkivet: Digitized parish registers of Oppland
 * Norway Indexed parish register transcriptions
 * The FamilySearch Library has microfilms for all Oppland parish registers up to about 1920. These can be viewed at the library or at a Family Histor Center near you.
 * By clicking on the parish links above, you may find direct links to all the records for that parish.
 * You do not have to be fluent in Norwegian. These records use a very limited, specialized vocabulary that is easy to learn. For help reading and interpreting theses records, see:
 * Norwegian Genealogical Word List
 * Norway Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 - No part 2 available


 * [[Media:Parish_Register_Headings_for_Norway.pdf|Parish Register Headings for Norway]]: This pdf gives the translation of headings for the records in different time periods.  When a record is written with labeled columns it is much easier to search. Much of the material you read in each column will just be names and dates, since the meaning of those names (child, parents, godparents, minister) only has to be read once, in the column heading.


 * For more detail on the contents of these records and how to use them, see Norway Church Records and Norway Civil Registration.

Censuses
The parish priest's census (scanned)


 * Gudbrandsdal prosti, Prestemanntall 6, 1664 - 1666 Census for Oppland County
 * Hadeland prosti, Prestemanntall 7, 1664 - 1666
 * Valdres prosti, Prestemanntall 8, 1664 - 1666

The bailiff and the magistrate's census (scanned)


 * Hadeland og Valdres fogderi, Fogdemanntall 4, 1664

Searchable censuses


 * 1801 Census
 * 1865 Census; also at - How to Use this Collection
 * 1875 Census partial; also at - How to Use this Collection
 * 1885 Census (cities only)
 * 1891 Census (Scanned)
 * 1900 Census
 * 1910 Census

Land Records
1886 and 1838 land registers are found at The Norwegian Historical Data Centre. These are Excel files, which can be downloaded. The give the name of the farm, the farm owner, and the amount of tax. Both farms and sub-farms are included.

Military Records

 * Stamrullen for Gudbrandsdalske kompani
 * Stamrullen for Fronske kompani

Passenger Lists

 * Passprotokoll for Gudbrandsdalen fogderi 1833-1860
 * Passprotokoll for Hadeland og Land fogderi 1857-1861
 * Passprotokoll for Lillehammer politimesterembete 1843-1871

Probate Records

 * Digitised probate records for Oppland County
 * 1640-1903 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Taxation
