Foldereid Parish, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
See Kolvereid clerical district.

Census Records
See Kolvereid for census records before 1900.


 * 1900 Census The 1900 census for Foldereid is available on microfilm at the Family History Library film 274769 and as a database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Farm Books
Leirvik,Kåre and Leirvik Sveinung,Nærøy bygdebok, Nærøy : Utgitt av Nærøy kommune, 1980-. A genealogy and history of the people and farms in Foldereid in Nærøy clerical district in Nord-Trøndelag county from 1600-1964. FHL 948.42/N2 D2L

Contents: b. 1. Gårder og slekter i Foldereid 1600-1964 -- b. 2. Gårder og slekter i søndre del av Kolvereid, 1620-1964 -- b. 3. Brukerhistorie. Gårder og slekter i Kolvereid / -- b. 4 og 5. Brukerhistorie. Gårder og slekter i Nærøy, 1600-1964 -- b. 6. Gårder og slekter i Gravvik 1600-1964

A farm name index to volume 1 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:

24 Aanvik 15 Aar 4 Aarfor 14 Aunet 23 Berg 19 Bjøraaen 22 Bogan 7 Breiviken  23 Dalen  21 Fesund 8 Foldereid  13 Grytbogen  12 Heimsnes 10 Holand  3 Kalvik 18 Kongsmoen 2 Krekling  27 Lassemoen 6 Leirvik 16 Lona 20 Løgholm 1  Rokken 1 Rotvikhaugen  17 Saur 28 Selvaagen 7 Sjølstad 5 Skaftnes 5 Skaftnesmoen 8 Steviken 10 Stienget 25 Svinstien 26 Svinstineset 4 Sørlien  11 Tepling 1 Torgerhaugen  9 Vennevik

Probate Records
1656-1863: Probates are found in Namdal judicial district.

1703-1815: Clerical probates are found in Namdal Deanery