Tjøtta Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Tjøtta clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Tjøtta with Skålvær chapel and Vevelstad. They were separated from Alstahaug clerical district in 1862. For years 1776 to 1862 see Alstahaug clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

As well as an extraction of church records 1714-1897 and an extraction of [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F483657 church rcords in book form. ]

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Tjøtta: 1841-1869, 1891-1895

Tjøtta / Skålvær: 1893-1928

Tjøtta / Tjøtta: 1862-1920

Tjøtta / Vevelstad: 1867-1917

Alstahaug / Tjøtta: 1714-1737, 1768-1800, 1829-1840

Alstahaug: 1737-1787, 1801-1886

Alstahaug / Alstahaug: 1714-1804, 1820-1945

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701, 1801 see Alstahaug clerical district.


 * Sjeleregister, 1795-1797. The 1795-1797 census for Nidaros includes the parishes of Tjøtta, Nesna, Elsfjord, Korgen all in Nordland county; and Grong, Høylandet, Harran, Klinga, Otterøy, Flatanger, Kvam, Følling and Verdal all in Nord-Trøndelag county. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Tjøtta clerical district includes the parishes of Tjøtta and Vevelstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database onine at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Tjøtta clerical disrict includes the parishes of Tjøtta and Vevelstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Tjøtta clerical district includes the parishes of Tjøtta and Vevelstad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Tjøtta is available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
89 Aakerøen, 65 Aakvik, 72 Aasen, 57 Aspvik, 59 Aunet 83 Brastad, 93 Bukkøen, 67 Bærøen, 78 Bøen  56 Dyrdalen nordre, 55 Dyrdalen søndre  71 Flatøen, 102 Flovær, 48 Forsmoen, 49 Furmoen  85 Gaarden, 85 Gammelgaarden, 41 Giskaaen, 45 Grytaaen  50 Halsan, 76 Halsen, 51 Halsvik, 68 Haltøen, 74 Haugen, 74 Hesgaarden, 46 Hestdalen, 47 Hesteraas, 90 Hestøen, 52 Husvik  53 Juvik, 64 Jystad  99 Kilvær, 54 Kjerringvik, 85 Klipen, 95 Kvalholmen, 66 Kvalnes  101 Laanan, 94 Lisøen, 85 Lunden  82 Mindnes, 81 Myklebostad, 75 Myren, 85 Myren  97 Nautøen, 60 Navarskaft, 80 Nordbostad  85 Offersøen, 93 Olderøen, 92 Omnøen, 61 Opland  77 Remman, 43 Roparnes, 86 Rosøen, 70 Rødøen  87 Sandvær indre, 100 Sandvær søndr, 91 Skaalvær, 73 Skavolden, 85 Skjelosen, 98 Skogsholmen, 42 Skonseng, 88 Skotsvær, 85 Sundet, 44 Sørfjorden, 63 Sørnes  96 Taavær, 69 Tangen, 84 Tjøtta med Svinnes, 79 Tro, 85 Trøen, 85 Tømmerviken  62 Ukkelforen  85 Vaagen, 58 Vestvaagan

Probate Records
1686-1878: Probates are found in Helgeland judicial district.

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery

Historical Society
Tjøtta Historielag