Bolsøy Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Bolsøy prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Bolsøy, Røvik and Kleive. Included Molde parish with Reknes kapell until 1858. Parish registers from 1721-1971. Bolsøy and Kelive belonged to Veøy clerical district in 1589. In 1740 was Bolsøy, Molde and Kleive divided from Veøy as their own district. Molde and Reknes hospital parish became their own clerical district in 1858. In 1970 was the parishes Vågstranda, Holm, and Veøy transfered to Grytten clerical district, while Veøy clerical district transfered to Bolsøy clerical district. The areas of Boldsø parish within the borders of Molde city, was transfered to the city in 1981. The clerks records from 1868-1932 are missing.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Veøy / Bolsøy, Kleive, Molde, Rødven, Tresfjord (Sylte), Vestnes, Veøy: 1721-1764 Bolsøy / Bolsøy, Kleive, Molde, Reknes hospital sogn: 1759-1793 Bolsøy / Bolsøy: 1795-1971

Census Records

 * Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall 1664-1666. This census for Bolsøy clerical district includes Bolsøy and Molde and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Sogneprestens manntall 1664-1666. This census for Bolsøy clerical district includes the following parishes: Bolsøy, Holm. Vestnes, Eresfjord, Nesset, Veøy, Vistdal, Kleive, Tresfjord, and Molde. this census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet


 * Manntall 1701: This census for Veøy clerical district includes Veøy, Bolsøy, Molde, Holm, Vestnes, and Tresjford and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census forBolsøy clerical district includes Bolsøy, Røvik, and Kleive; and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a serachable database online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketellingen 1845 for Bolsøy prestegjeld (Møre og Romsdal). The 1845 census for Bolsøy clerical district includes the parishes of Bolsøy, Kleive, and Røvik; and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Bolsøy clerical district includes the parishes of Bolsøy, Kleive, andRøvik; and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875.The 1875 census for Bolsøy clerical district includes Bolsøy, Kleive, and Røvik and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. As well as online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1891 census for Bolsøy (Møre og Romsdal) Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Bolsøy clerical district includes Kleive, Bolsøy, and Røvik; and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also avaialble online in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Center.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Bolsøy is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Olafsen-Holm, Jørgen,Bolsøyboka : en natur- og samfundshistorisk skildring av Bolsøy prestegjeld, Molde : Utgitt av Bolsøyboknemnda med tilskot av Bolsøy kommune og privatfolk, l939-1976. A history of Bolsøy parish and clerical district with some genealogies. FHL 948.35/B1 H2o Contents: b. 1. Bolsøybydas natur og eldre historie / redaktør og med- arbeider overrettssakfører Jørgen Olafsen-Holm -- b. 2. Oversikt over Bolsøy herredsgårder og deres historie / Jørgen Olafsen-Holm -- b. 3. Skildringen av Bolsøy bygdene, herredet og prestegjeldet og de for skjellige sider ved samfunns- og folkelivet fram til vår egne tid / redaktør og medarbeider J. Olafsen-Holm -- b. 4. [fortsettelse av b. 3] / redaksjon Asbjørn Heggem, Ansgar Berild og Einar Berg. Farm name indexes to volumes 3 and 4 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:

34 Aarø indre, 32 Aarøhagen, 33 Aarøhaugen, 35 Aarøneset, 29 Berg, 29 Bergsbakken, 23 Bjørset, 17 Bolsøen,  18 Draget,  32 Eikrem, 27 Einen, 41 Ekren, 40 Ellingsgaarden, 37 Elsaas,  30 Fanbostad, 24 Finmyren, 26 Fuglset,  19 Geilen, 32 Gjerdet,  41 Hagen, 43 Hatlen, 51 Havnen, 47 Hjellset, 54 Hjælset,  21 Kringstad, 21 Kringstadvorpen, 22 Kvam,  31 Leirgrovvik, 19 Lillebostad, 46 Lillebyen, 39 Lønset,  22 Mek, 46 Mjelve, 25 Moldegaard, 50 Mork,  53 Nedrehagen, 17 Neset, 17 Nespladsen,  17 Orviken,  33 Reitan, 24 Reknes, 36 Røbæk,  42 Sigerset, 45 Skjersaa, 44 Skjerslien, 38 Smaaengene, 38 Strande, 38 Strandehagen,  39 Teigen, 20 Turhus, 28 Tøndergaard,  48 Uren, 49 Uren øde,  7 Varholmbugten,  27 Øverland, 52 Øvrehagen

Probate Records
1677-1869: Probates are found in Romsdal judicial district. 1700-1816: Clerical probates are found in Romsdal Deanery