Nesna Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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History
Nesna is a small coastal town located approximately 24 miles south of the Arctic Circle. The name comes from the old farm Nesna (Norse Nesnar), and is derived from the word nes n 'headland'. The parish of Nesna has been in existance since the 1600’s. The municipality of Nesna was created on January 1, 1838.

Church Records
Nesna clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes of Nesna with Bardal chapel and Dønnes (Dønna) with Husby chapel. Includes Hjelpe cemetery at Sjona. Nesna or (Yttre Ranen) was an annex under Alstahaug clerical district until 1730, but was divided and made its own district on 12 Dec., 1738.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Newna: 1704-1820, 1829-1910

Nesna / Dønna: 1820-1828, 1842-1910

Nesna / Nesna: 1820-1828, 1842-1861, 1864-1880, 1893-1928

Nesna / Sjona: 1864-1902

Dønna: 1855-1877, 1880-1939

Census Records
The 1865, 1875, 1900 and 1910 Norwegian census records can be searched on a web site maintained by the Norwegian Historical Data Center at http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/folketellinger_e.aspx

1664-1666 Census/Manntall for Nesna can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah

This census was taken by the local civil authorities . It lists the names of the farms, farmowners (including widows), sons of farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and sons of cottagers and the age of each person. (Usually only males from 12 years and older, but in some cases all males from birth are listed). The clerical authorities took a census during this same time period. Both censuses should be used as they supplement each other. The clerical census is usually more complete.

HELGELAND FOGDERI b. 20 Nesne (Nesna) fjering FHL INTL Film 122981 Item 3

This Census was taken by the '' local parish priests. '' It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), the sons of the farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and their sons, and the ages of each person. (Usually only males from 12 years and older, but in some cases all males from birth are listed). There was another census taken by the civil authorities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is usually more complete.

HELGELAND PROSTI b. 35 Alstahaug prestegjeld Alstahaug fjering Herø (Herøy) fjering Tjøtta fjering Vefsn (Vefsn) fjering Nesne (Nesna) fjering Ranen (Nord-Rana) fjering FHL INTL Film 122976 Item 3

1701 Census for Nesna can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah The census of 1701 was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. In some cases the place of birth of a servant may be listed, if he was born in a different clerical district. Records covering large parts of east and south Norway are missing.

NORDLAND FYLKE b. 16 Helgeland fogderi Alstahaug prestegjeld Ranen (Hemnes og Mo) fjering Nesne fjering Vefsn (Vefsn) fjering Tjøtta fjering Alstahaug fjering Herø (Herøy) fjering FHL INTL Film 122985 Item 2

1795-1797 Sjeleregister A church census (Manntall, vaccinations, school register etc.) of a part of Nidaros diocese (stift) which includes towns and villages in Nord-Trøndelag and Nordland counties.

Manntallslister over skoleungdommen i stiftet 1796 Vardalsøren 1796 Kvam og Følling (N.-Trøndelag) 1796-1797 Halmø (nå sogn i Flatanger prestegjeld, Nord-Trøndelag) 1796 Otterøy (Fosnes) i Nord-Trøndelag 1796 Sevik (Klinga) i Namsos prestegjeld, Nord-Trøndelag 1796 Manntall over ungdommen i Høyland og Biørnes (Grong, Nord-Trøndelag?) 1797 Grong og Harran 1797 FHL INTL Film 1694482 Item 11 Manntall over ikke konfirmerte i Tjøtta?, i Nordland 1797? Manntall over ungdommen i Sandnes m.m. 1795 Manntall over ukonfirmerte ungdom i Dønnes i Nesna prestegjeld, Nordland samt stedene (Dønlandet, Lykten, Tommen med flere) ca. 1797 Manntall på ukonfirmerte ungdom eller barn i Skoe? sogn 1796 Manntall over skoledistriktet for Hemnes (Sør Rana), Nordland 1796 FHL INTL Film 1694482 Item 11 Manntall for Elsfjord i Hemnes prestegjeld og Sørfjellet i Korgen prestegjeld begge i Nordland 1796 FHL INTL Film 1694482 Item 11

1801 Census for Nesna

1865 Census for Nesna

1875 Census for Nesna

1900 Census for Nesna

1910 Census for Nesna

Nesna is located in the Nordland province: if you select Nordland, click on the 'Limit your search criteria to one or more parishes' and click on the box next to Nesna you will limit your search to Nesna.

Farm Books
There are two Bygdeboks for Nesna (both available only in Norwegian):


 * Nesna Sogn - fram til år 1800 (Until the year 1800) by Øyvind Jenssen ISBN: 82-994038-0-4 and 82-994038-1-2
 * Nesna 1800 - 1920 - Fra Prestegjeld til kommune (From the Parishes of the munincipality) by Øyvind Jenssen ISBN: 82-994038-0-4 and 82-994038-1-2

Probate Records
1686-1878: Probates are found in Helgeland judicial district.

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery

Related Web Sites

 * Frode Holthe lives in Husby at the island Tomma in Nesna, Helgeland. He maintains a publicly accessable database with a large collection of genealogical information about the Nesna area. The site supports English and Norwegian. This is the English link: http://www.slekt.net/home.php