Herøy Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Herøy clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Herøy and Leikanger. Included parishes Sande and Rovde until 1869. In 1747 it became its own clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Herøy/ Sande: 1816-1884

Herøy / Herøy: 1816-1944

Herøy / Leikanger: 1873-1947

Herøy / Rovde: 1816-1861

Herøy / Herøy, Rovde, Sande: 1731-1825

Herøy / Sande: 1816-1842, 1854-1884

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Herøy clerical district includes the parishes of Herøy, Rovde, Hareid, Ulstein, Sande and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives.


 * Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Herøy includes the parishes of Herøy, Leikanger, Sande, Rovde and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives.


 * Manntall 1701 The 1701 census for Herøy clerical district includes the parishes of Herøy, Rovde, Vanylven and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). 


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Herøy clerical district includes the parishes of Herøy, Leikanger, Sande, Rovde and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Herøy clerical district includes the parishes of Herøy, Sande, Leikanger, Rovde and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives, as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Herøy clerical district includes the parishes of Herøy and Leikanger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives (Digital Archives).
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 census for Herøy (Møre og Romsdal) Digital Archives


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Herøy clerical district includes the parishes of Herøy and Leikanger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives, as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Herøy clerical district is available online at Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Rabben, Bjarne,Herøyboka : gardar og folk, Herøy : Herøy sogelag, 1962-1963. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county with some history. FHL 948.35/H2 D2r Farm name indexes to volumes 1 - 3 are found in the following links. , ,

Rabben, Bjarne, Herøyboka : gardar og folk, Volda : Herøy sogelag, 1981-. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Herøy in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway with some history. FHL 948.35/H2 D2r 1981 A farm name index to this book 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:

16 Arhaugen 48 Aurvaag 50 Aurvaaglid 52 Bentholmen 29 Berge nedre 30 Bergshaugen 29 Bergsneset 43 Blankholmen 16 Bø indre 15 Bø ytre 16 Bøvaagen  44 Djupvik 44 Djupvikstranden 45 Dragesund 60 Dyrehaugbakken  38 Eggesbøen 22 Espeset 50 Espeviken  64 Flaavær 27 Flusund 27 Flusundbakken 33 Fosnevaag nedre 20 Frøistad 21 Frøistadvaag 39 Fugleholmen  10 Goksøren  60 Hanspladsen 39 Herø 44 Hestholmen 31 Hjelmeset 23 Hjertnes 12 Holen  35 Igesund  42 Jensholmen  44 Kjelsund 40 Klombreholmen 54 Klungsør 44 Kobbeneset 3 Kopperstad 5 Kraakøen 49 Krigsholmen 24 Krøkjen 10 Kvalneset 4 Kvalsund 8 Kvalsvik nedre  60 Langholmen 25 Leine indre 50 Leirviken 55 Lilleneset 56 Lilleøen 63 Løset 60  Moldtu 60 Moldtudalen 32 Monsholmen 37 Myklebost 37 Myklebosthaug 60 Myren 46 Myrvaag 47 Myrvaagnes  44 Nakken 40 Nautøen 6 Nerland 24 Nærøen  55 Ormenes  41 Petersholmen 57 Pilevik   60 Rabben 58 Raftenes 58 Raftenesvik 56 Rafteset 28 Reite 12 Remøen 9 Runde 59 Rysseviken 19 Røiren  14 Sande 59 Sandviken 19 Sivertstøl 21 Skinneset 1 Skorpen 2 Skorpesund 61 Slettebakke 40 Smedholmen 18 Steinsvik 57 Stoksund 55 Storeneset 51 Storøen 17 Stranden 26 Stranden 20 Stølen 60 Stølen 11 Sævik  62 Tarberg 5 Teige 53 Tjærvaag 17 Torvik 53 Tøftene  44 Vaagen 33 Vaagsholmen 36 Vike 13 Voldsund 29 Værket

Probate Records
1689-1801: Probates are found in Sunnmøre judicial district.

1799-99: Probates are found in Søre Sunnmøre judicial district.

1707-1807: Clerical probates are found in Sunnmøre Deanery