Ørsta Parish, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Ørsta clerical district includes Ørsta and Vartdal parishes. Ørsta was divided from Volda clerical district in 1900 and Vartdal from Hareid parish in Ulstein clerical district in 1876. For earlier records see Volda and Ulstein clerical districts.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Volda / Volda, Ørsta: 1713-832

Volda / Ørsta: 1831-1941

Census Records

 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 26: Sunnmøre deanery Digital Archives


 * Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 16: Romsdal fogderi and Sunnmøre fogderi Digital Archives


 * Census (manntall) 1701, no. 10: Sunnmøre fogderi Digital Archives


 * 1801, 1865, 1875 census see Volda


 * 1891 census for Ørsta Digital Archives


 * 1900 census for Ørsta is available on microfiche no. 6030184 Fiches 1-2 available at the Family History Library.


 * 1900 census for Ørsta clerical district includes the parishes of Ørsta and Vartdal and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at the Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910 census for Ørsta is available online at the Digital Archives as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre

Farm Books
Standal, Ragnar,Mot nye heimland : utvandringa frå Hjørundfjord, Vartdal og Ørsta, Volda : Utvandrarnemnda, 1985. A history of the people who emigrated from Hjørundfjord, Vartdal, and Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway to the United States of America. FHL 948.35 W2s A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Farm Names
34 Aam indre, 32 Aambø, 43 Aarflot, 15 Aarskog, 26 Aarsæteren, 33 Aasen, 56 Aasen, 22 Barstad, 33 Berget, 38 Bjørdal, 37 Bjørdalsbakken, 35 Brauteset, 19 Brekken, 21 Brudevold, 35 Brune, 20 Brunegote,  59 Digernes,  16 Engeset,  55 Fagerhol, 30 Follestad, 51 Fremreaasen, 24 Fyldal,  61 Garsletten, 33 Grosmyren, 2 Grøivik,  5 Haavold, 10 Hagen, 4 Halse, 54 Hammeren, 42 Haugen, 53 Hovden indre, 58 Hovden ytre, 36 Hovdenak,  27 Kolaas, 40 Krøvelen lille,  25 Langstølen, 22 Leitet, 3 Liadal, 7 Lianes, 8 Lystad,  18 Mo, 31 Moene, 12 Mork, 29 Myklebost, 46 Mæle,  45 Nosen, 17 Nupen,  9 Opsa, 47 Ose, 48 Oseborg, 38 Osvold,  64 Raudøen ,23 Rebbestad,1 Rjaanes, 34 Rongen, 50 Rysten midtre,  6 Sandvik, 49 Sandvikrysten, 60 Selbervik, 44 Sporstølen, 62 Steinnes indre, 45 Storenosen, 11 Sætre, 61 Søreim,  39 Vatne, 15 Velle, 14 Vik, 13 Vinjevold,  57 Ytrestølen,  28 Øi

Probate Records
1689-1801: Probates are found in Sunnmøre judicial district.

1799-99: Probates are found in Søre Sunnmøre judicial district.

1707-1807: Clerical probates are found in Sunnmøre Deanery