Vega Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Vega clerical district contains parish register records from Vega parish. Earlier it was a parish in Brønnøy clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Vega: 1725-1934

Brønnøy / Vega: 1720-1725

Census Records

 * 1701 see Brønnøy clerical district


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Vega clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet. Vega was a parish in Brønnøy clerical district until August 8th 1806 when it became it own clerical district.


 * Folketelling 1855, Vega prestegjeld (Nordland).The 1855 census for Vega clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Vega clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Vega clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Vega clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Libray. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Vega clerical districtis available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
36 Aakerbakken 7 Baatneset 26 Brandsviken 20 Bremsteinen 34 Burshaugen 46 Burøen 4 Bø 17 Eidem 45 Engelsøen 9 Ferset 8 Finneset 34 Flaaget 10 Flataasen 13 Floa 38 Gladstad 5 Grimsøen 37 Grøtland 27 Gulsvaag 19 Halmøen 15 Hestviken 34 Holand 43 Hongset 31 Hysvær 3 Igerøen 25 Kjelkdalen 14 Kjul 39 Kolstad 44 Lammøen 2 Mjøgroven 18 Mudvær 33 Nautøen 35 Nes 21 Næpsundet 37 Olderaasen 37 Risbakken 6 Rørøen med Langneset 11 Skjeggemoen 32 Skjærvær 12 Stavsmarken 24 Sundsvold 42 Svea 23 Søla 29 Valla 22 Vegdalen 28 Vegmoen 40 Vegsteinen 16 Vika 30 Viksaas 1 Ylvingen

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

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery