Ørskog Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Ørskog clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Ørskog and Sykkylven. Included Stranda and Stordal until 1759. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the. Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Ørskog: 1720-1877

Ørskog / Sykkylven: 1865-1937

Ørskog / Ørskog: 1852-1925

Stranda: 1759-1881

Stranda / Stordal: 1854-1943

Stranda / Stranda: 1854-1938

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Ørskog clerical district was kept by the parish priest and includes the parishes of Ørskog, Sykkylven, Stordal, Stranda, Norddal, Sunnylven and Geiranger. This census 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 Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. It is also available online at Digital Archives.


 * Folketellingen 1845 for Ørskog prestegjeld (Møre og Romsdal). The 1845 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven. It lists statistics only, and is available on microfilm at the Family History LIbrary.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven. It is available on microfilm at the Family History Libraryas well as at online at the Digital Archivesand the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriget Norge den 31te desember 1875.\ The 1875 census for Ørskog clerical district includes the parishes of Ørskog and Sykkylven and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


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


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Ørskog is available online at the Digital Archivesas well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Kjølås, Gerhard, and Waksvik, E.O., Ørskog gjennom tidene, Ørskog : Utgjeve av Ørskog Sparebank, 1964-1969, 1990. history of Ørskog in Møre og Romsdal county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. FHL 948.35/O2 H2k Farm name indexes to volumes 2 and 3 are found in the following links. ,

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

14 Aamdaam, 31 Akslevold, 51 Almskaret, 38 Apalset, 25 Baardsgjerde, 32 Barlindbrekke, 58 Bjørnevik, 33 Braute, 28 Breiskaret, 6 Bøen, 38 Bøen,  29 Egge,  53 Furnes, 57 Furstranden,  38 Gaupefløget, 15 Gausnes, 20 Giskemo, 24 Gjerde,  2 Halvardsæteren, 38 Hammeren, 6 Hatlen, 2 Haugen, 21 Haukaas, 3 Hjelle, 4 Hjellereite, 34 Holen,  12 Jarskar,  61 Kirkestein, 38 Kleven, 48 Klokk, 43 Kraaken,  27 Lande nedre, 26 Lande øvre, 40 Langskibsøen, 35 Li, 17 Liset, 16 Lisetvik, 11 Ludolfpladsen, 46 Løkedalen, 45 Løset, 52 Løset, 54 Løvold,  47 Melset, 28 Myrene,  44 Nysæteren,  59 Opsal,  41 Ramstad, 9 Reite, 22 Ryssebøen, 56 Rønes,  60 Sandvik, 13 Skarbøen, 50 Skaret, 48 Slettereiten, 8 Sollien nedre, 34 Solnørdalen, 7 Steinene, 28 Steinholt, 37 Stigen, 36 Stillingshaugen, 37 Storvik, 30 Svartløken, 42 Svinset, 5 Sæter, 28 Søholt, 36 Søholtstranden, 49 Søvik nedre,  22 Tuene, 39 Tysse,  7 Utbø,  10 Vagsvik, 23 Valgjerdmo, 11 Vestre, 55 Vinsnes, 1 Viset, 18 Vold nedre, 19 Vold øvre, 28 Volden,  22 Ørskog

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