Værøy Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Værøy clerical district contains parish registers for the parishes Værøy and Røst. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Værøy: 1752-1798, 1800-1879, 1910-1935

Værøy / Røst: 1752-1801, 1851-1919

Værøy / Værøy: 1752-1788, 1880-1910

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall. Includes the parishes of Røst and Værøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1664-1666: Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall. Includes the parishes of Værøy and Røst and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1701: Manntall. Includes the parishes of Værøy and Røst and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1801: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Værøy and Røst and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1835: Folketelling. Includes the parishes of Ofoten, Evenes, Ankenes, Skjerstad, Fauske, Værøy and Røst and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * 1865: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Værøy and Røst and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online e at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Værøy and Røst and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Hihstorical Data Centre.


 * 1900: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Værøy and Røst and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Værøy and Røst and is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
14 Bakken, 15 Breivik 14 Kvalnes  13 Maastad  17 Nordland  14 Ramvolden, 14 Røstnesvaag  14 Spælen, 14 Stølen, 14 Sørland  16 Værø Præstegaard

Probate Records
1673-1879: Probates are found in Lofoten og Vesterålen judicial district.