Vega Parish, Nordland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Vega clerical district contains parish register records from Vega parish. Earlier it was a parish in Brønnøy clerical district.

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Vega: 1725-1934

Brønnøy / Vega: 1720-1725

Census Records

 * '''Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 35: Helgeland deanery and Salten deanery Digital Archives.


 * '''Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 20: Modern Nordland county, modern Troms county and modern Finnmark county Digital Archives.


 * '''1701 census for Vega Digital Archives.


 * 1801: Folketellingen. Available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet. Vega was a parish in Brønnøy clerical district until August 8th 1806 when it became it own clerical district.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1855: Folketelling. The 1855 census for Vega clerical district is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. and online at Digital Archives.


 * 1865: Folketellingen. Available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet 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: Folketellingen. Available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 census for Vega Digital Archives.
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900: Folketellingen. Available on microfilm at the Family History Libray. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen. Available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
36 Aakerbakken 7 Baatneset, 26 Brandsviken, 20 Bremsteinen, 34 Burshaugen, 46 Burøen, 4 Bø  17 Eidem, 45 Engelsøen  9 Ferset, 8 Finneset, 34 Flaaget, 10 Flataasen, 13 Floa  38 Gladstad, 5 Grimsøen, 37 Grøtland, 27 Gulsvaag  19 Halmøen, 15 Hestviken, 34 Holand, 43 Hongset, 31 Hysvær  3 Igerøen  25 Kjelkdalen, 14 Kjul, 39 Kolstad  44 Lammøen  2 Mjøgroven, 18 Mudvær  33 Nautøen, 35 Nes, 21 Næpsundet  37 Olderaasen  37 Risbakken, 6 Rørøen med Langneset  11 Skjeggemoen, 32 Skjærvær, 12 Stavsmarken, 24 Sundsvold, 42 Svea, 23 Søla  29 Valla, 22 Vegdalen, 28 Vegmoen, 40 Vegsteinen, 16 Vika, 30 Viksaas  1 Ylvingen

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

1728-1807: Clerical probates are found in Helgeland Deanery