Onsøy Parish, Østfold, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Østfold County &gt; Onsøy

Church Records
Onsøy parish with the Gressvik chapel has 6 volumes of registers kept by the parish priest dating from 1733-1898. Additionally, there were 4 volumes kept by the sexton dating from 1814-1926. Gressvik kept its own records separately from 1903-1911. Gressvik became a parish in 1924.

Census Records
Onsøy clerical district, including Onsøy parish, lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation in the 1801 census. The 1845 census includes the farm names, head of household, number of people on each farm, sex and other miscellaneous information. The 1865 and 1875 census contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, martial status, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information.

Probate Records
1772-1879: Probates may be found in Tune judicial district.