Nord-Rana Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Nord-Rana (Mo) clerical district contains parish registers from Mo (Nord-Rana) parish with Nevernes chapel. It was separated from Hemnes clerical district in 1843. For earlier records see Hemnes (Sør-Rana) clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Hemnes: 1704-1748, 1752-1788, 1820-1940

Hemnes / Mo (Nord-Rana): 1740-1751, 1790-1841

Mo (Nord-Rana): 1842-1905

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall.  Includes the parishes of Alstahaug, Herøy, Tjøtta, Vefsn, Nesna and Nord-Rana and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1664-1666: Fogdenes og sorenskrivernes manntall.  Includes the parishes of Alstahaug, Herøy, Tjøtta, Vefsn, Nesna and Nord-Rana and is available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1701: manntall. Available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1801 census for Rana Digital Archives.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865: Folketellingen. Include the parishes of Nord-Rana and Mo and are available on microifilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and the Norwegian Historical Data Centre
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Nord-Rana and Mo and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1891: Folketelling. Available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1900: Folketellinga. An index to the 1900 census for Nord-Rana (Mo) is available on microfiche at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellinge. Available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1686-1878: Probates are found in Helgeland judicial district.

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery