Balstad Family History
- Balstad Name Meaning
- Swedish: habitational name from any of various places called Bålstad, Bålsta, or Balsta. Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farmsteads so named, from an uncertain first element, most likely a personal name, + Old Norse staðir, plural of staðr ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 6,684 Historical Documents with Balstad on Ancestry
- 2,615 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,245 Census and Voter Lists
- 140 Military Records
- 512 Immigration Records
- 2,172 Member Trees
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Number of Balstad families
 2 - 1  2 - 1 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Balstad census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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