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