Lesja (Læssø) Parish, Oppland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Oppland County &gt; Lesja

Church Records
Lesja clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Lesja (Læssø) and Lesjaskog. Included Dovre parish until 1860.

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

Lesja: 1724-1854

Lesja / Dovre: 1842-1862

/ Lesja: 1850-1919, 1924-1947

Lesja Lesjaskog: 1842-1931

Lesja / Øvre Folldal: 1842-1862

Dovre: 1854-1949

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census GUDBRANDSDALEN PROSTI Lesje (Lesja) clerical district Lesje (Lesja) parish. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 122967 Item 3 and online at Digtitalarkivet as a database and as a database.


 * 1801 Census Lesja clerical district includes Lesja, Lesjaskog and Dovre parishes in Oppland county and Folldal parish in Hedmark county. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 122994 Item 1 and online as a database at Digtitalarkivet 1801-telling for 0512 Lessøe.


 * 1865 Census Lesja clerical district includesLesja and Lesjaskog parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 123098 Item 1 and online as a database at Digtitalarkivet 1865-telling for 0512 Lesja.


 * 1875 Census Lesja clerical district includes Lesja and Lesjaskog parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Films 273223-273224 with a farm name index film 273273 and online as a database at Digtitalarkivet 1875-telling for 0512 Lesja.


 * 1900 Census Lesja clerical district includesLesja and Lesjaskog parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Films 273831-273832 and online as a database at Digtitalarkivet 1900-telling for Lesja


 * 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

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