Halsa Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Halsa clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Halsa (Halse) and Tustna (Tusteren). They were separated from Stangvik clerical district in 1876. Tustna was separated from Edøy parish in 1867. For earlier records see Stangvik and Edøy clerical districts. In 1589 was Halsa an annex parish to Stangvik, later in 1876 it was added to Tustna parish under Edøy clerical district.

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the [church books, 1837-1931].

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Stangvik / Halsa: 1849-1879

Halsa / Halsa: 1837-1946

Stangvik / Halsa, Stangvik: 1784-1830

Stangvik / Halsa: 1831-1849

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701see Stangvik


 * (1818-1819, 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855) see also Tingvoll


 * 1801 census fort Halsa is kept with Stangvik Digital Archives
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865 census for Halsa kept with Stangvik. Digital Archives
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 census for Halsa kept with Stangvik. Digital Archives
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


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


 * 1900: Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Halsa clerical district includes the parishes ofHalsa and Tustna and is available on microfilm at the also available online at Digital Archives, as wll as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Halsa (Halse) include the parishes of Halsa and Tustna and is available online at Digital Archives, as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Vaagland, N.M., Halsaboka, Halsa : Halsa Kommune, 1997-2004. Farm histories with genealogical information on farm residents in Halsa, Møre og Romsdal co., Norway. A farm name index to volume 1 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:

33 Aafarli 13 Aakvik 24 Aasbøen 21 Baarset 31 Betten 30 Blekkan  2 Dragset  15 Fjærvik  32 Gjengstøen 25 Gjerstad 43 Glaamen  12 Halse 26 Haugen 3 Heggem 4 Heggemsnes 14 Hønsvik  16 Kaldberget 5 Kaldset 17 Kipperviken 42 Kletten 22 Kløvset 17 Korsnes 6 Kvalnesvik med Ringen  35 Liabøen 19 Løvik  11 Megaarden  20 Rabban 7 Reitan indre 23 Reitan ytre 29 Rognskog 10 Rød  38 Skaalvik 1 Staknes 44 Stigan 37 Stolsmo 39 Strand 27 Sæteren indre 18 Sæteren ytre 28 Sæteren øvre  41 Taknes indre  34 Vaagland indre 36 Vaagland ytre 8 Volem indre

Probate Records
1668-1877: Probates are found in Nordmøre judicial district.

1697-1812: Clerical probates are found in Nordmøre Deanery