Meldal Parish, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Sør-Trøndelag County &gt; Meldal

Church Records
Meldal clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Meldal with Pladsen and Grutsæter chapels and included Rennebu until 1862. Pladsen and Grutsæter chapels were discontinued in 1806. See book 17 in the Nidaros Domkirke (Cathedral) church parish for some confirmations. Rennebu parish became its own clerical district in 1862. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Meldal: 1682-1698, 1705-1939

Meldal / Meldal: 1816-1829, 1861-1928

Meldal / Rennebu: 1775-1783, 1795-1807, 1816-1861

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Meldal clerical district include the parishes of Meldal and Rennebu and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a scanned format online at Digitalarkivet (Digita Archives) as well as in a searchable index.


 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Meldal clerical district include the parishes of Meldal and Rennebu and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online in a scanned formatat Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701.  The 1701 census for Meldal clerical district include the parishes of Meldal and Rennebu and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Meldal clerical district include the parishes of Melda and Rennebu and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1815, 1825, og 1835, Meldal prestegjeld (Sør-Trøndelag).  The 1815, 1825, 1865 census for Meldal clerical district include the parishes of Meldal and Rennebu and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Meldal clerical district include Meldal parish and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Meldal is available on microfilm at the Family History Library


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Meldal is available on microfilm at the Family History Libraryas well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910.  The 1910 census for Meldal (Meldalen) is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archvies) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1689-1880: Probates may be found in Orkdal judicial district.

1766-1810: Clerical probates may be found in Dalane Deanery.