Rødøy Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Rødøy clerical district contains parish registers from Rødøy parish with Ullsfjord chapel. Included Lurøy and Træna parishes until 1767 and Meløy until 1903.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Rødøy: 1739-1750, 1824-1863, 1902-1910, 1924-1742

Rødøy / Lurøy: 1760-1757, 1820-1825

Rødøy / Meløy: 1760-1844, 1863-1907

Rødøy / Rødøy: 1758-1923

Rødøy / Rødøy, Meløy: 1860-1877

Rødøy / Træna: 1760-1766, 1820-1824

Lurøy: 1825-1879, 1863-1879, 1892-1917

Lurøy / Lurøy: 1767-1873, 1880-1922

Lurøy / Træna: 1768-1909

Meløy: 1833-1941

Træna: 1874-1933

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Rødøy clerical district includes the parishes of Meløy, Træna, Lurøy and Rødøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet and in a searchable database.


 * Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Rødøy clerical district includes the parishes of Rødøy, Meløy, Gildeskål, Træna and Lurøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet.


 * Manntall 1701: The 1701 census for Rødøy clerical district includes the parishes of Rødøy, Meløy, Lurøy and Træna and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scannet format at Digitalarkivet and in a searchable database.


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Rødøy clerical district includes the parishes of Rødøy, Lurøy, Træna and Meløy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a database online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Rødøy clerical district includes the parishes of Rødøy and Meløy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Rødøy clerical district include the parishes of Rødøy and Meløy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Rødøy clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Rødøy is available in a databse online at Digitalarkivetand at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
36 Aanes, 58 Aarnes 53 Bjerga, 52 Blok, 57 Breivik, 10 Brensvik, 49 Bø  42 Eidvik, 31 Einvik, 45 Eskeholmen  75 Flatøen, 35 Forsdal  7 Gjersvik, 15 Gjervalen, 76 Gjerøen, 72 Gjesøen, 78 Gjærøhavn  6 Haakaringen, 29 Hammerøen, 20 Hellervik, 18 Helvik, 22 Hytten, 73 Høivaagen  34 Jægtvik  61 Kilen, 24 Kilhavn, 40 Kisten, 54 Kjetvik, 33 Kolvik, 16 Kvalvik, 51 Kvalvik, 37 Kvitnesvik  8 Langnes, 21 Lines  25 Melfjorden, 71 Myken, 38 Mælen  1 Nesøen nordre, 27 Nordfjordholmen, 26 Nordfjordnes  19 Oldervik, 70 Otervær  44 Pladsen  5 Rangsund, 55 Reppen, 79 Ringen, 74 Rødøen, 48 Rønvik  23 Sandvik, 63 Segelfor, 67 Seines, 4 Selsøen lille, 2 Selsøen store, 17 Skeivik, 33 Skjaavik, 66 Sleipnes, 32 Sperstad, 9 Steinsland, 68 Storsteinøren, 18 Strand, 39 Strømsnes, 41 Strømsvik, 3 Sundøen, 69 Svinvær, 13 Sørfjorden  30 Telnes, 59 Tjong, 12 Tømmerdal  65 Vaage, 64 Vaagenge, 28 Vaatvik, 71 Valvær, 14 Vasvik, 43 Værangen, 50 Værnes nordre, 47 Værnes søndre, 46 Værnesosen  62 Æsvik  11 Øresvik

Probate Records
1713-1877: Probates are found in Salten judicial district.

1701-1832: Clerical probates are found in Salten Deanery