Stranda Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Stranda clerical district contains priest and sexton records from the parishes Stranda with Liabygd chapel and Stordal. It was separated from Ørskog clerical district in 1759. For earlier records see Ørskog clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the. Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Stranda / Stordal, Stranda: 1759-1881

Stranda / Stranda: 1854-1938

Ørskog / Stordal, Stranda, Sykkylven, Ørskog: 1720-1773

Stranda / Stordal, Stranda: Vaccination: 1865-1867

Ørskog / Sykkylven, Ørskog: 1773-1877

Ørskog / Ørskog: 1852-1951

Ørskog / Sykkylven: 1865-1937

Stranda / Stordal: 1854-1943

Census Records

 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 26: Sunnmøre deanery 1664-1666-manntallet for Dale skipreide


 *  Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 16: Romsdal fogderi and Sunnmøre fogderi Digitalarkivet


 * 1701 Census (manntall) 1701, no. 10: Sunnmøre fogderi 1701-manntallet for Dale skipreide


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


 * 1825 folketelling for Stranda prestegjeld (Møre og Romsdal). The 1825 census for Stranda clerical district includes the parishes of Stranda and Stordal. It is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Stranda clerical district includes the parishes of Stranda and Stordal. It 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 ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 census for Stranda clerical district includes the parishes of Stranda and Stordal. It is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. and online at Digital Archives


 * 1891 census for Stranda Digital Archives


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Stranda clerical district includes the parishes of Stranda and Stordal. It is available on microfilm a the Family History Library. Also available online at Digital Archives and the Norwegain Historical Data Centre.


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

Farm Books
Kjølås, Gerhard, Stranda bygdebok, Stranda : Utgjevar Stranda kommune med stønad frå Stranda Sparebank, 1954-1964. A genealogy of the people and their farms and a history of Stranda in Møre og Romsdal county. Vol. 1 includes an expanded index. FHL 948.35/S6 D2k 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:

4 Ansok 42 Arneberg 41 Bakken 55 Brune  25 Drege 12 Duken  38 Emmedalen 14 Engen 43 Engset 54 Espehjelle  56 Fause 24 Framhus 44 Fremmerlien 57 Fremre Fause 34 Fremre Fjørelstad 31 Fremregjerde 45 Furset nedre  19 Giskehaug 26 Gjerde 1 Groven 9 Grøtur  28 Habbastad 20 Hagen 3 Hammeren 33 Heimre Fjørelstad 30 Heimregjerde 18 Helsem 29 Helstad 29 Helstadaasen 37 Herdalen 16 Hesgjerde 23 Hjelle 51 Hjelle  49 Josletten  47 Kjølen 21 Kjølvaas 2 Kleberg  49 Langlo 8 Li 44 Lien  49 Moene 41 Myklebost  48 Nesteberget 52 Nygaarden  22 Os 9 Ovraa  34 Rabben 49 Reitene 5 Ringset nedre 52 Ringstad 26 Rystene 36 Røir 32 Røset  49 Skigarpladsen 17 Skorbøen 49 Slettene 39 Sletvolden 53 Sløgstad 7 Stavseng 52 Storreiten 49 Storsteinene 27 Sve  29 Teigen 49 Trimmelbakkene 49 Tuteig  13 Uksag 11 Uksagli 14 Uksvik 58 Uren  15 Vike  50 Ødegaarden 40 Øie 35 Øvervolden

Probate Records
1689-1801: Probates are found in Sunnmøre judicial district. 1791-1852: Probates are found in Nordre Sunnmøre judicial district. 1707-1807: Clerical probates are found in Sunnmøre Deanery

Taxation Records

 * Koppskatten 1645 for Dale skipreide (Dale skipreide include Norddal, Stranda, Stordal parishes)


 * Ekstraskatten 1762 for Stranda prestegjeld. (1762 tax record for Stranda clerical district).