Lurøy Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Lurøy clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Lurøy and Træna. They were separated from Rødøy clerical district in 1767. For earlier records see Rødøy clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Lurøy: 1825-1879, 1892-1917

Lurøy /Lurøy: 1767-1873, 1880-1922

Lurøy / Træna: 1768-1909

Rødøy / Lurøy: 1760-1767, 1820-1825

Rødøy / Træna: 1760-1766, 1820-1824

Rødøy: 1739-1750, 1824-1863, 1902-1910, 1924-1942

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701, 1801 see Rødøy clerical district.


 * 1865: Folketellingen. Includes the parishes of Lurøy and Træna and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library Also available in online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875: Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge Includes the parishes of Lurøy and Træna and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digilalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1891: Folketellingen for Norge. The 1891 census for Lurøy clerical district includes the parishes of Lurøy and Træna and is available online at Digitlarkivet


 * 1900: Folketellingen for Norge Includes the parishes of Lurøy and Træna and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen for Norge Available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
31 Aas, 36 Alderen, 46 Aspdalen, 38 Aspnes 27 Bogen, 33 Bratland  42 Fingammen  2 Grønningen  30 Haugland, 50 Hestmoen, 37 Hjart  5 Juløen  25 Klippingvaag, 25 Kokviken, 44 Konsvik, 48 Kvarøen indre, 43 Kvinen, 14 Kvitvær  34 Lien, 1 Lovunden, 11 Lunderøen, 18 Lurøen  16 Maavær, 8 Moflaget  51 Nesøen søndre  41 Okstind, 35 Olvikvatnet, 20 Onøen indre, 21 Onøen ytre  13 Reløen, 6 Risvær, 28 Røitvik  15 Sandvær, 29 Selnes, 4 Sengsdraget, 26 Silen, 23 Sjonøen, 9 Slaaterøen, 7 Solvær søndre, 22 Stoksvik, 40 Stuvland, 24 Sundet, 17 Sutternes, 19 Svinøen  47 Tonnes, 3 Troldøen  10 Ulvøen  32 Vatnet  39 Ørnes

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

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery

Historical Society
Lurøy Lokalhistorie og Fotosamling