Molde Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Molde prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for Molde parish with Reknes sanitarium chapel. They were separated from Bolsøy clerical district in 1858. The register for the years 1759 to 1793 is missing. Parish registers from 1798-1921.

See also Bolsøy

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Veøy / Bolsøy, Kleive, Molde, Rødved, Vestnes, Veøy: 1721-1764

Bolsøy / Bolsøy, Kleive, Molde, Reknes hospital: 1759-1793

Molde / Molde, Reknes hospital: 1798-1872

Molde / Molde: 1862-1953

Bolsøy / Molde, Reknes hospital: 1798-1868

Census Records

 * Fogd og sorenskrivers Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 16: Romsdal fogderi and Sunnmøre fogderi Manntall Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Sogneprestens manntall Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 28: Nordmøre deanery Manntall Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1701 census Census (manntall) 1701, no. 11: Nordmøre fogderi and Romsdal fogderi Manntall Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Molde city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.. Also available online at Digital Archives.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketellingen 1825, Molde kjøpstad (Møre og Romsdal) (Statistical information only). The 1825 census for Molde city is avaialble on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Molde city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 census for Molde (Møre og Romsdal)is available on microfilm at Family History Library. as well as Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). 
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1885 census for Molde (Møre og Romsdal) Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1891 census for Molde (Møre og Romsdal) Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Molde city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also avaialble online at Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


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

Probate Records
1677-1748: Probates are found in Romsdal judicial district. See also Trondheim judicial district before 1748.

1748-1867: Probates are found in Molde City judicial district.

1700-1816: Clerical probates are found in Romsdal Deanery