Skodje Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Skodje clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Skodje and Vatne. They were separated from Borgund clerical district in 1858 and became their own clerical district. Skodje and Vatne belonged to Borgund clerical district from 1589 until 1858.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Borgund / Skodje: 1698-1817

Borgund / Skodje, Vatne: 1816-1856

Skodje / Skodje: 1864-1951

Skodje / Skodje, Vatne: 1855-1864

Borgund / Borgund, Skodje, Vatne: 1826-1852

Borgund / Skodje, Vatne, Ålesund: 1853-1857

Census Records

 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 26: Sunnmøre deanery Digital Archives


 * Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 16: Romsdal fogderi and Sunnmøre fogderi Digital Archives


 * 1701 Census (manntall) 1701, no. 10: Sunnmøre fogderi Digital Archives


 * 1801 see Borgund


 * 1865: Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Skodje clerical district includes the parishes of Skodje (Skoue) and Vatne and are 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 Skodje (Skoue) clerical district includes the parishes of Skodje and Vatne and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. and at Digital Archives


 * 1891 census for Skodje Digital Archives


 * 1900 census for Skodje (Skoue) clerical district includes the parishes of Skodje and Vatne and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Available online at Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


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

Farm Books
Giske, Louis, Bygdebok for Skodje : gard og slekt, [Skodje] : Skodje sogelage, 1986. A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Skodje, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Contents: b. 1. G.nr. 2 - 31 b. 2. G.nr. 32 - 69.

Farm name indexes to volumes 1 and 2 are found in the following links. ,

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

16 Apalvik 65 Beite indre 25 Berget indre 57 Brune 45 Brusdal  33 Digernes 46 Duaas 40 Dyrøen  62 Eikrol indre 63 Eikrol ytre 61 Engset lille 60 Engset store 67 Erstad  29 Flote 18 Fremrelien 54 Fyling lille 56 Fyling store  27 Gjerdet 48 Gjerdet 52 Gjerdet 67 Gjerdet 10 Glomset nedre 64 Grasdal 27 Grindvik 3 Gudmundset  14 Haaem 2 Heggebakke 1 Hesseberg 45 Hjellen 8 Honningdal 7 Honningdalsnes 41 Høivik  12 Indrevik 35 Indvik  55 Langnes 47 Langøen 51 Leitet  46 Mauren 19 Midtlien 39 Mørkeset  37 Natvik 53 Nes 6 Nesvik 4 Nonsvik  49 Oksskar  5 Rabben 43 Reiekvam 42 Rumpen  32 Saltkjelvik 69 Skar 21 Skodje indre 24 Skodje nedre 23 Skodje ytre 22 Skodjereite 17 Skodjevaag 44 Slettebak 15 Solnør 47 Steinset 52 Stette 68 Stige 59 Storsæteren 28 Strømmen 31 Strømsholm 50 Støraak 48 Støvset 31 Svorte 30 Svortehaugen  38 Tyssebru  36 Utvik  13 Valle 34 Vemøen  26 Ytrebakke 20 Ytrelien 11 Ytrevik  58 Øie

Probate Records
1689-1801: Probates are found in Sunnmøre judicial district.

1791-1852: Probates are found in Nordre Sunnmøre judicial district.

1707-1807: Clerical probates are found in Sunnmøre Deanery