Lom Parish, Oppland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Oppland County &gt; Lom

Church Records
Lom clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Lom, Garmo and Bøverdal. Included the parishes Skjåk and Nordberg until 1864. Records begin in 1733.

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

Lom: 1733-1938

Lom / Bøverdal: 1904-1938

Lom / Bøverdal: 1904-1928

Lom / Garmo: 1845-1939

Lom / Lom: 1815-1926, 1939-1947

Lom / Lom, Garmo: 1815-1844

Lom / Skjåk: 1815-1864

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Gudbrandsdalen prosti Lom clerical district and parish. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 122967 Item 3 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a database.


 * 1801 Census Lom clerical district includesLom, Garmo, Bøverdal, Skjåk, and Nordberg parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 122994 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet as 1801-telling for 0514 Lomb.


 * 1865 Census Lom clerical district includes Lom, Garmo and Bøverdal parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 123098 Item 3 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet as 1865-telling for 0514 Lom.

An extraction of the 1865 census for Lom, Oppland County, Norway. Includes alphabetical indexes by: 1) given name ; 2) father's name ; 3) surname ; 4) birth place ; and 5) farm name.


 * 1875 Census Lom clerical district includesLom, Garmo and Bøverdal parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Films 273229-273230 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet as 1875-telling for 0514 Lom.

A farm name index is also available Film 273273.


 * 1900 Census Lom clerical district includes Lom, Garmo and Bøverdal parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Films 273835-273837 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet as 1900-telling for 0514 Lom.

An extraction of the 1900 census for Lom, Oppland County, Norway. Includes alphabetical indexes by: 1) given name; 2) father's name; 3) surname; 4) birth place; and 5) farm name.


 * 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

Emigration Records
In the last half of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century a lot of people emigrated from Lom to America. The list contains an Id-number, year of emigration according to the Lom Church Register, first name of emigrant, fathers name of emigrant/patronym (note that the endings -sen/-son/-søn and -dtr/-datter/-dotter has been removed), year of birth, maternal status, sex and the name of the farm he/she emigrated from.

The list is divided in two parts, by year. Part one contains emigrants from the period 1854–1883, part two from the period 1883–1929.

Probate Records
1658-1887: Probates are found in Nordre Gudbrandsdal judicial district.

1720-1735: Probates may be found in Gudbrandsdal judicial district

1696-1712: Clerical probates are found in Gudbrandsdalen Deanery