Nes Parish, Akershus, Norway Genealogy

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Church Records
Microfilm at the for Nes prestegjeld (clerical district). The parish registers exist from 1689-1926. Contains parish registers from the parishes Nes, Udenes and Fenstad.

Digititized parish registers online at Digitalarkivet [Digital Archives].

Nes: 1600-1969

Nes/Fenstad: 1859-1918, 1935-1969

Nes/Ingeborgrud: 1907-1922

Nes/Nes: 1859-1972

Nes/Nes og Fenstad: 1920-1941

Nes/Udenes: 1859-1942

Nes/Årnes: 1901-1943

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666.  The 1664-1666 census for the parishes of Nes, Udenes and Fenstad in Nes prestegjeld (clerical distirct) is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It lists the names of the farms, farmowners (including widows), sons of farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and sons of cottagers and the age of each person. The clerical authorities took a census during this same time period. Both censuses should be used as they supplement each other. The clerical census is more complete.


 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666.  The 1664-1666 census for the parishes of Nes, Udenes and Fenstad in Nes prestgjeld (clerical distirct) is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), the sons of the farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and their sons, and the ages of each person. There was another census taken by the civil authorities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is more complete.


 * 1801: Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge.  The 1801 census for Nes prestegjeld (clerical district) includes the parishes of Nes, Udenes and Fenstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1801 census (b. 8) for Nes clerical district includes Nes, Udenes, and Fenstad parishes. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation.  A typewritten edition with indexes is available on microfiche. It is called "Mikrokortutgåva av 1801-teljina".  Also available online at Digital Archives(Digitalarkivet) of Norway.


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865.  The 1865 census for Nes prestegjeld (clerical district) includes the parishes of Nes, Udenes and Fenstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, martial status, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information. Each book usually contains one clerical district (prestegjeld). In some books there are two clerical districts recorded. The parishes and school districts in each clerical district are listed at the beginning of each book.  Also available online at the Digital Archives(Digitalarkivet) as well as The Norwegian Historical Data Centreat the University of Tromsø in Norway.

Farm Books
The farms in Nes clerical district are included in the farm book titled,. This is a genealogy and history of the people and the farms they lived on in Nes on Romerike in Akershus county. V. 1-5 contain the genealogies and farm histories while v. 6 & 7 contain a general history of the area from the earliest times to 1940.

Probate Records
1683-1865: Records are found in Øvre Romerike judicial district.

1845-1877: Records are found in Nes judicial district.

1709-1778: Clerical probate records are found in Øvre Romerike deanery.