Borge Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Borge clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Borge and Valberg. Borge was separated from Buksnes clerical district in 1748. For earlier records see Buksnes clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Borge: 1750-1887-1908-1919

Borge / Borge: 1836-1857, 1861-1875, 1888-1929

Borge / Valberg: 1837-1926

Buksnes: 1704-1748, 1773-1793, 1817-1885

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701 see Buksnes clerical district.


 * 1801: Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Borge clerical district includes the parishes of Borge and Valberg and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865: Folketellingen den 31te desember, 1865. The 1865 census for Borge clerical district includes the parishes of Borge and Valberg and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as 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 den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Borge clerical district includes the parishes of Borge and Valberg and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891: Folketellingen for Norge. The 1891 census to Borge clerical district includes the parishes of Borge and Valberg and is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900: Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census to Borge clerical district includes the parishes of Borge and Valberg and is available on microfilm at theFamily History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Borge is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Krogtoft, Magne and Høynes, Yngvar Dahl, Borge og Valberg bygdebok, Bodø : Utgitt av Borge og Valberg bygdeboknemnd, c1982-. Farm histories with genealogical information on residents including history of the nature and life in Borge and Valberg in Borge clerical district, Nordland county, Norway. Vol. 3 includes an expanded index. FHL 948.451/B5 D2b

A farm name index to volume 3 is found in the following link.

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

52 Alstad 13 Bjørnsand, 25 Borg, 31 Borgfjord indre, 33 Borgfjord ytre, 36 Borgvær, 40 Bø, 41 Bøen, 24 Bøstad  18 Eggum, 50 Elstad, 9 Eltoft, 22 Evjen  49 Garnes, 55 Grundstad  23 Hagevaag, 27 Hanberget, 38 Haukland, 53 Hellosan, 8 Holdal, 41 Høines  19 Jellevold  10 Klepstad, 51 Knutstad, 11 Kraaktoft, 42 Kvalnes  29 Li, 3 Liland, 47 Limstrand, 54 Lyngedal, 30 Løvdal  15 Mærvold  21 Nesje, 21 Nesjeøerne, 6 Nykmarken  7 Ostad  34 Ramberg, 43 Rekdal, 53 Risjorden, 26 Rystad  39 Sande, 39 Sandøen, 14 Saupstad, 1 Skjerpen, 32 Sletteng, 5 Slydalen, 45 Smedvik, 16 Sortland, 48 Steiro, 20 Strøm  12 Tangstad, 35 Torvdal  17 Unstad  37 Val, 44 Valle, 28 Vendalsjorden

Probate Records
1673-1879: Probates are found in Lofoten og Versterålen judicial district.

Historical Society
Vestvågøy Historielag

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