Biri Parish, Oppland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Oppland County &gt; Biri

Church Records
Biri Clerical District contains parish registers for the parishes Biri and Snertingdal with Segård and Nykirke chapels. Church records for the years 1789-1814 and 1854-1877 were destroyed in a fire on 12 Sept 1890. There is an extraction of the christenings, marriages, and deaths from the Biri church books for the years 1730 to 1879. Also includes a list of the names of the priests.

Also available as digital images from The National Archives of Norway.

Biri: 1730-1789, 1814-1854, 1866-1872, 1877-1886, 1892-1896, 1900-1921

Biri / Biri: 1887-1938

Biri / Snertingdal: 1887-1941

Snertingdal: 1900-1918

Census Records
1666 Census for Biri An extraction of the 1666 census forBiri and Snertingdal. It lists the farm names, male names only, age and status. 948.24/B1 X2


 * 1664-1666 Census Hadeland prosti Biri clerical district Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 122967 Item 4 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a database.


 * 1664-1666 Census Hadeland and Valdres Fogderi Biri clerical district Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 122977 Item 4and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.


 * 1801 Census Biri clerical district with Biri and Snertingdal parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 122993 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1801-telling for 0525 Birie.


 * 1865 Census Biri clerical district withBiri, Nykirke, Segård and Snertingdal parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 123101 Item 2 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1865-telling for 0525 Birid.


 * 1875 Census Biri clerical district with Biri and Snertingdal parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Films 273200-273202 with a farm name index Film 273273.


 * 1900 Census Biri clerical district with Biri and Snertingdal parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Films 273863-273867 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1900-telling for 0525 Biri.


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Farm Books
Lauvdal, T., Biri-Snertingdal bygdebok, Gjøvik, 1951-1954. A history of Biri and Snertingdal in Oppland county with some genealogy in volume 3. FHL 948.24/B1 H2l A farm name index to volume 3 is found in the following link.

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

10 Aasengen 40 Alset 92 Amundrud 34 Ansteinbakken 55 Aspebakken 33 Baaberg 48 Beinerud nedre 30 Berg 64 Bergum 26 Biri Præstegaard 43 Bjuge 85 Bjørke 1 Bjørnstad nordre 64 Bjørnsveen 32 Bollerud 34 Bratberg 17 Bratstigen 54 Brennum 70 Brynstad lille 70 Bækkelund 19 Bækkimellem 80 Børreringen 84 Bøvre 68 Daarra 62 Dagfinrud 42 Dal 74 Diset 74 Eden 14 Ekren nordre 86 Enge 14 Engesveen 80 Eriksrud 91 Etanstad 28 Flaten 80 Fremstad 3 Fægring 86 Gaaserud 65 Galtestad 66 Galtestadsveen 70 Galtestadsæteren 7 Gaukstad 85 Glaamløkken 21 Gryte nordre 22 Grytestuen 67 Gullor nedre 89 Haarset-Ødegaarden 61 Hagen 80 Hagen 70 Hagestuen 76 Hanssveen 83 Hasselknippe 86 Hatterud 9 Haugen 55 Haugen 85 Hauper 85 Haupersbakken 39 Hegge nordre 24 Heggelund 6 Hellerud 12 Hellerud lille 47 Herberg 76 Horne 21 Horten 35 Hov 50 Hovde 16 Huskelhus nordre 9 Indhegningen 16 Jordet 72 Kaarstad 13 Kalverud 53 Karlstad 44 Kjenset 64 Klomstein 28 Kluke 79 Klundby 20 Korsveien 59 Kraakeberg 62 Krakesæteren 76 Kringsrud 64 Kvilstadsveen 82 Laggerstuen 82 Larud 87 Lier 45 Liereng 76 Lilleengen 68 Lorta 71 Lunde 44 Lure 9 Løkken 43 Meinbøle 77 Melby 16 Midtengen 10 Midtgaarden 26 Mjølnerstuen 59 Mjølnerstuen 86 Moen 5 Myre mellem 4 Myre nordre 5 Myrstuen 5 Myrvoldstuen 5 Myrvoldsæteren 23 Mælum 11 Neraasen 76 Nersveen 10 Nordgaarden 61 Næperud 10 Opgaard 74 Paradis 75 Petersborg 73 Ramsrud 90 Roli 24 Roterud 9 Røllefsby 80 Sander 80 Sandvold 29 Sem 27 Sigstad 63 Sjursveen 41 Skarset 78 Skjønsby 21 Skrædderstuen 81 Skulhus 73 Skumsrud 93 Skøien 24 Slaatsveen 68 Sletten 86 Smedmoen 68 Smedstad 80 Staldjordet 31 Steig 64 Steinberg 69 Steinberg 21 Steinsby 44 Steinsrud 37 Storsletten Storsletten nordre med Bjørge 16 Strandengen 57 Stumli-Ødegaarden 56 Stumlien 46 Stuve 3 Stykket 88 Sveen 25 Svennes med Bjørke 55 Sveum 80 Søreng 5 Sørengen 10 Sørgaarden 51 Taraldsrud 15 Toppen 64 Torpengen 52 Tømten 60 Udal 80 Unset 10 Vesleengen 68 Vestby 74 Viken 25 Vold 10 Ødegaarden 8 Øfstedal 76 Øikjesveen 10 Øveraasen 48 Øverjordet 21 Øversveen

Probate Records
Toten, Vardal and Biri judicial district *1657-1841 Family History Library *1659-1802 Digitalarkivet

Toten judicial district *1828-1903 Digitalarkivet

Hadeland, Ringerike and Toten deanery *1716-1744 Digitalarkivet

Toten and Valdres deanery *1737-1810 Digitalarkivet