Høland Parish, Akershus, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Akershus County &gt; Høland

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Høland (Løken) prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Høland (Løken), Søndre Høland (Hemnes) and Setskog (Sitskogen) in Høland clerical district. Parish registers from 1719 until 1933.

Digitized parish registers online at Digitalarkivet [Digital Archives]

Høland: 1719-1886, 1919-1969

Høland/Hemnes: 1880-1933

Høland/Løken: 1880-1951

Høland/Setskog: 1880-1947

Census Records
1664-1666: Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Høland prestegjeld (clerical distirct) is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It lists the names of the farms, farmowners (including widows), sons of farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and sons of cottagers and the age of each person. The clerical authorities took a census during this same time period. Both censuses should be used as they supplement each other. The clerical census is more complete.

1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666.  The 1664-1666 census is available on micrifilm 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 author- ities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is more complete.

1701: Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701. The 1701 census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The census of 1701 was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. Also includes the residence of all unmarried males living away from home when the census was taken. It is also awailable online at the Digital Archives(Digitalarkivet).

1801:  Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1801 census (b. 7) for Høland clerical district includes Høland, Søndre Høland, and Setskog parishes. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation.

A typewritten edition with indexes is available on microfiche. It is called "Mikrokortutgåva av 1801-teljina".

It is also available online at the Digital Archives(Digitalarkivet).

1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1865 census includes the parishes of Høland, Søndre Høland and Setskog in Høland prestegjeld (clerical district). This census contains the person's name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, marital 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. This census is also available online at the Digital Archives(Digitalarkivet), as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centerat the University of Tromsø in Norway.

1875:  Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Høland prestegjeld (clerical district) includes the parishes of Høland, Søndre Høland and Setskog. This 1875 census contains the persons name, residence, position in the family, occupation, sex, marital status, year of birth, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information. it is also available online at Digital Archives(Digitalarkivet), as well as at The Norwegian Historical Data Centerat the University of Tromsø in Norway.

1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Høland prestegjeld (clerical distirct) includes the parishes of Høland, Søndre Høland and Setskog and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census contains the persons name, sex, resident or temporary resident, temporarily absent and where person is, position in the family, marital status, occupation, year of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. It is also available online at Digital Archives(Digitalarkivet) as well at The Historical Data Centerat the University of Tromsø in Norway.

Farm Books
The Family History Library has. It has farm histories and genealogical information on their residents in Høland and Setskog, Akershus co., Norway.

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

1719-1807: Clerical probate records are found in Nedre Romerike deanery.