Buksnes Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

Europe Norway Nordland County Buksnes

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

Church Records
Buksnes clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Buksnes and Hol with Stamsund chapel. Included Flakstad and Borge until 1748. All the priests records were burned in 1899.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Buksnes: 1704-1748, 1773-1793, 1817-1885

Buksnes / Buksnes: 1886-1943

Buksnes / Hol: 1886-1898, 1911-1938

Hol: 1911-1938

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Buksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Buksnes, Borge, Valberg, Hol and Flakstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet as well as in a searchable index.


 * Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Buksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Flakstad, Hol, Buksnes, Valberg and Borge and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at digitalarkivet.


 * Manntall 1701: The 1701 census for Buksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Buksnes, Hol, Flakstad, Moskenes, Borge and Valberg and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet.


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


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


 * Folketellinga 1865 for [nr.] 1860 Buksnes. An index to the 1865 census for Buksnes is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Buksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Buksnes and Hol and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digititalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Buksnes clerical district includes the parishes of Buksnes and Hol and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1900 for [nr.] 1860 Buksnes. An index to the 1900 census is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Buksnes and Hol is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivetand at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Buksnes and Hol is a digitized farm book.

Farm Names
Fram numbers and names as listed in Rygg's Norwegian Farm Names about 1900 are as follows:

10 Ballstadøen, 9 Balstad, 20 Bolle, 16 Buksnes, 31 Bø, 37 Farstad, 23 Flesa, 7 Grænen, 2 Hauge, 27 Haukland, 19 Himmelstein, 21 Holand, 3 Horn, 15 Jerstad, 12 Kjuklingdalen, 35 Kvervelaas, 18 Leknes, 1 Lilleeidet, 19 Løkhaugen, 15 Nystad, 22 Offersøen, 38 Opdøl, 11 Reine, 30 Reppe, 32 Rise, 14 Skarsjøen, 13 Skotnes, 13 Skotnessjøen, 39 Skulbru,17 Storeidet, 18 Storvolden, 4 Sund, 1 Taen, 29 Utakleiv, 24 Vaaje, 26 Vik, 5 Vitting, 36 Vold nedre, 34 Vold øvre

Farm names shown in Berg, Ola. Buksnes Bygdebok Bind II in 1950 are as follows:

Akerbakken, Alfheim, Auna, Austerparten, Bakkehaug, Bakkeland, Bakkeli, Bakkemo, Bakken, Bakketun, Baldrikstad, Ballstad, Ballstadlandet, Ballstadøy, Ballstadøya, Bankplassen, Bergheim, Bergland, Berglund, Bergly, Bjørkås, Blombakk, Bolle, Bolle Nedre, Bolle Øvre, Bolleholmen, Borgosen, Brattberg, Brattli, Breidablikk, Brekkestad, Broderbakken, Bronvoll, Bruhaug, Brødreskifte, Bråten, Buhaugen, Buksnes, Bø, Bøe Nedre, Bøelva, Daleng, Dalheim, Dønvold, Einerhaugen, Einåsen, Ekra, Elevollen, Elvebakken, Elvebvollen, Elvegård, Elvegården, Elvehaugen, Elvenes, Elvesletten, Elvestad, Elvevollen, Elvhaug, Elvhaugen, Elvteigen, Engen, Enrehagen, Evang, Fagerbakk, Fagerbakken, Fagerhaug, Fagerheim, Fagerli, Fagermyr, Fagernes, Fagertun, Finnholmen, Fjell, Fjellbakk, Fjellheim, Fjelltun, Fjellvang, Fjelly, Fjærvold, Flatebø, Flatmo, Flæsa, Fognjord, Fossmo, Fredheim, Fredly, Fredvoll, Fridheim, Gjermesøy, Gjerstad, Gjerstad Nedre, Gjerstad Øvre, Gjerstadhaugen, Gjerstadneset, Gjerstadåsen, Gravdal, Gravlunden, Grova, Grubstad, Græna Nordre, Græna Søndre, Grænaholmen, Grønnbakken, Grønnvoll, Gullbakken, Gullhaugen, Gyrihaugen, Halsmyren, Hammervoll, Hamre, Hartvig, Harvollen, Hauan, Haug, Haug Indre, Haug Nedre, Haug Ytre, Haugen, Haugtun, Haukland, Heimgård, Heimly, Helland, Hernes, Hestnes, Hestneset, Hettbakken, Himmelbjør, Himmelstein, Himmelstein Nedre, Hjortestad, Holand, Holmen, Holmstad, Holt, Hompen, Horg, Horn, Husebø, Hvalrygg, Høybakk, Høybakkmo, Høyden, Høymo, Høytaen, Håpet, Indre Våje, Innerstranden, Kallerhaugen, Kilden, Kirkevold, Kjellbogen, Kjuklingdal, Klausstrand, Klemmetshaugen, Klokkergården, Knausen, Kongelig, Kreaturhold, Kremmervika, Kullhaug, Kulltomten, Kvellro, Kvervelås, Kyllingdal, Ladebakken, Lakeselvhaug, Lakselvhaug, Lakselvhaugen, Langeland, Langroa, Langvollan, Langvollen, Leifset, Leite, Lekka, Leknes, Leknesstranden, Lian, Lilleberg, Lilleeidet, Lillegård, Lillegården, Lillehaug, Lillehaugen, Lillehøyden, Lille-Rise, Lillevold, Lilleå, Litlevollen, Lundberg, Lundheim, Lykkehaug, Lykseth, Lysaker, Lysvold, Lysvoll, Løkmoen, Løykvoll, Melkvoll, Mellemstranden, Mellomgården, Mevold, Mevoll, Mevollen, Midtheim, Mjåneset, Moa, Moheim, Monkan, Murheim, Myrbakk, Myrhaug, Myrlund, Myrmark, Myrset, Myrsletten, Myrstad, Myrvang, Myrvoll, Nakken, Nautøy, Nautøya, Nedre Gjerstad, Nedre Haukland, Nedre Vold, Nergård, Nerjorden, Nervollen, Nerås, Neset, Nordbakk, Nordbakken, Nordeng, Nord-Græna, Nordgård, Nordgården, Nordheim, Nordli, Nordly, Nordparten, Nord-Reine, Nordsjøen, Nordstrand, Nordtaen, Nord-Taen, Nordtamoen, Nordtoften, Nordvang, Nord-Vetting, Nordvollen, Nordås, Noreby, Norly, Nybakken, Nyborg, Nygård, Nyheim, Nymoen, Nyplassen, Nyrud, Nysletten, Nystad, Nyvold, Nyvoll, Nærheim, Offersøy, Olsborg, Opdøl, Opdøl Vestre, Opdøl Østre, Opheim, Oppheim, Orgotten, Oslund, Rabben, Reine, Reine Nordre, Reine Søndre, Reineholmen, Reinhaugen, Reinsjøholmen, Rekstrand, Reppe, Reppe Nordre, Reppe Søndre, Reppehalsen, Rinnheim, Rise, Risen, Risevollan, Rishaug, Rishaugen, Rissen, Ro, Rognbusletten, Rorstø, Rydheim, Rydningen, Rødsand, Sakstad, Sandrup, Sandstran, Sigtun, Silsandvik, Sjøberg, Sjøen, Sjøhaug, Sjølund, Sjøstrand, Sjøvold, Sjøvolden, Sjøvoll, Skarheim, Skarsjøen, Skjønnstu, Skjønstu, Skog, Skogheim, Skoglund, Skogly, Skoleheimen, Skoletomta, Skolevoll, Skotheim, Skotnes, Skotnes Øvre, Skotnessjøen, Skulbru, Skulbrusjøen, Slaktertomten, Sletten, Sletteng, Slettnes, Slettvolden, Slettvoll, Slettvollen, Sliptomta, Snippen, Solbakk, Solbakken, Solberg, Soleia, Soleng, Solhaug, Solhaugen, Solheim, Solli, Sollihøgda, Solstad, Solstrand, Solstranden, Solvang, Solvold, Solvoll, Solvollen, Solås, Sommerheim, Sommerly, Sommerlyst, Sommerro, Sommerset, Sommerseth, Sommervold, Spannstein, Steinbakk, Steinbakken, Steinberget, Steinhaug, Steinland, Steinsrud, Steinsund, Steinvik, Steinvold, Stenbakken, Stenhaug, Stibakken, Storbakkehaug, Storeidet, Store-Rise, Storevolden, Stormyren, Stormyrteigen, Stor-Rise, Storvollen, Storvollen, Storå, Strandberg, Stranden, Strandheim, Strangbergsletten, Strømsnes, Stuemyren, Sund, Svingen, Svinøy, Sølje, Sørbakken, Sør-Græna, Sørgården, Sørli, Sørparten, Sør-Reine, Sørsjøen, Sørstrand, Sør-Taen, Sør-Vetting, Sørvollen, Toften, Tomtebo, Toppen, Torp, Trudvang, Tuft, Tunstad, Tussan, Tæn, Under Storeidet, Uppheim, Uttakleiv, Valberget, Valbergstranda, Valheim, Vallhall, Vang, Varbakken, Vatnbakken, Vestby, Vesterparten, Vestervold, Vestheim, Vetting, Vetting Nordre, Vetting Søndre, Vevik Sund, Vian, Vik, Vilberg, Vingstad, Volden, Vollan, Vollanbakken, Vollnes, Vågan, Vågmo, Våje, Vårberg, Vårheim, Ytre Våje, Ytterli, Ytterlie, Ytterslåtten, Æsholmene, Østerhaug, Østerparten, Østervold, Østgård, Øvergård, Øvergården, Øverjorden, Øvre Gjerstad, Øvre Haukland, Øvre Skarsjøen, Øvre Vold, Øvregård, Ålstad, Åsbakk, Åsby, Åsgård, Åsheim, Åsly

Probate Records
1673-1879: Probates are found in Lofoten og Versterålen judicial district.