Selje Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Selje clerical district contains the parish registers from the parishes Selje with Leikanger chapel, Nord-Vågsøy and Sør-Vågsøy. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of the.

Digital images of parish records are online for Selje and Leikanger chapel, and Nord-Vågsøy, Sør-Vågsøy.

Selje clerical district: 1668-1923

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Selje clerical district include the parishes of Nord-Vågøy, Selje and Sør-Vågøy and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Selje clerical district include the parishes of Selje, Nord-Vågøy, Sør-Vågøy and Bø and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. This census is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701. The 1701 census for Selje clerical district include the parishes of Selje, Nord-Vågøy and Sør-Vågøy and is avaialble at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Selje clerical district include the parishes of Selje, Nord-Vågøy, Sør-Vågøy and Vågsøy and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Selje clerical district include the parishes of Selje, Nord-Vågøy and Sør-Vågøy and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. It is also available online at Digitalarkivet (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 ($), MyHeritage ($)
 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Selje clerical district include the parishes of Selje, Nord-Vågøy and Sør-Vågøy and is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge 1891 at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Selje clerical district include the parishes ofSelje (Sellø), Nord- Vågøy and Sør-Vågøy and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives), as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge, 1 Dec. 1910. The 1910 census for Selje is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Aaland, Jacob, Nordfjord, frå gamle dagar til no : Selje, Sør- og Nord-Vågsøy, Sandane : R. Søreides Prenteverk, 1943. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Selje clerical district which includes North and South Vågsøy in Nordfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county. FS Library 948.34/S1 D2a A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Farm Names
52 Aardalen, 13 Aarseim, 35 Aarvik, 19 Apalslette, 51 Austmyr7 Bakke, 77 Barmen indre, 26 Beitveit, 42 Bellen, 63 Berge nedre, 66 Berstad, 29 Borgund, 28 Borgundvaagen, 61 Bortnen40 Dalsbøen, 37 Dalsgaard, 57 Djupedalen, 50 Drage indre, 67 Dyrstad65 Eide, 6 Einehaugen, 31 Eltvik, 45 Ervik44 Ferstad, 27 Firkort, 89 Flatraket, 79 Flister, 17 Fløde, 48 Fure indre91 Gangeskaret, 24 Grøneveiten85 Haavik, 101 Hagevik, 59 Hammersvik, 58 Hamre, 38 Hanekam, 69 Hatlenes, 76 Haugen, 98 Hjartenes, 33 Honningsvaag indre, 46 Hovdevik4 Kjøde lille, 2 Kjøde store, 60 Kraakereidet, 90 Kupen, 9 Kvamme, 83 Kvernevik, 24 Kvien, 82 Kvien69 Langenes, 24 Leikanger, 54 Lidasæter, 71 Lillesalt, 64 Listo, 18 Lundebrekke<BR><BR>70 Moldestad, 74 Myklebostad, 24 Myren<BR><BR>84 Nordpollen, 13 Nyhagen<BR><BR>88 Oresæter, 36 Ormeteig, 95 Osmundevaag, 16 Otneim, 8 Otnes<BR><BR>55 Pelleberg<BR><BR>43 Refsnes, 94 Reinen, 78 Rundereim, 73 Røisæter<BR><BR>72 Salt, 21 Sande, 20 Sandnes, 14 Sandvik nordre, 80 Sandvik søndre, 15 Sandviknes, 56 Selje Præstegaard, 87 Seljeneset, 96 Silden nordre, 53 Skaarbøen, 57 Skaret, 23 Skjaastad nedre, 1 Skorge, 58 Skrubbehaugen, 12 Sletteberget, 5 Sneide, 25 Stave, 10 Stokke, 11 Stokkevaagen, 34 Stranden, 92 Strømmen, 39 Svartesæter, 41 Svehaug, 75 Svinevik, 93 Sørpollen<BR><BR>3 Teige, 23 Tueteigen, 30 Tungevaagen, 100 Tvinnesæter<BR><BR>99 Uren<BR><BR>81 Venøen, 82 Vetrhus, 86 Vængen<BR><BR>68 Øren<BR>

Probate Records
1677-1881: Probates may be found in Sunnfjord judicial district.

1794-1846: Clerical probates may be found in Sunnfjord Deanery.