Editing Nesna Municipality (section)

===Farms of Nesna===
Historically, the land of Nesna was divided up into named farms. These farms were used in census and tax records and are useful for genealogical research. 
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| mark-title23      = 23: Halland
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==== Map of the farms====
Note that each map has a maximum number of listings it can display, so the map has been divided into parts consistent with the [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/district_list/74253 enumeration districts] ({{langx|no|tellingskrets}}) in the 1920 census. This map includes one farm name per farm number; other farm names or subdivision numbers may exist. (Note: The historical tellingskrets 4, Nordsjona og Kvalnes, and 5, Myklebostad og Venes, are now part of [[Vefsn Municipality]], while the historical tellingskrets 8, Bardal; 9, Sørlandet; and 10, Lilandet Fagerviken, are now part of [[Leirfjord Municipality]]).

====Farm names and numbers====
The farms in the Nesna municipality are listed in O. Rygh's series [[Norske_Gaardnavne]] ("Norwegian farm names"), the Nordland volume of which was published in 1905.
:''See also:'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=4i5MAQAAIAAJ Digital version of Norske Gaardnavne - Nordland] {{in lang|no}}

The farm numbers are used in some census records, and numbers that are near each other indicate that those farms are geographically proximate. Handwritten Norwegian sources, particularly those prior to 1800, may use variants on these names. For recorded variants before 1723, see the digital version of O. Rygh. Note that the 1920 census records mapped above may not match O. Rygh.

Farm names were often used as part of [[Scandinavian_family_name_etymology#Norway|Norwegian names]], in addition to the person's given name and [[patronymic]] or inherited surname. Some families retained the farm name, or [https://www.kartverket.no/globalassets/til-lands/stadnamn/toponymic-guidelines-for-map-and-other-editors-norway.pdf toponymic], as a surname when they emigrated, so in those cases tracing a surname may tell you specifically where in Norway the family was from. This tradition began to change in the mid to late 19th century, and inherited surnames were codified into law in 1923.