Åseral Parish, Vest-Agder, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Åseral church records contain priest and sexton records for Åseral parish in Åseral clerical district. Åseral parish was separated from Bjelland clerical district in 1857. In 1969 Åseral clerical district was closed and transferred as a parish under Nord-Audnedal clerical district.

Microfilms for 1727-1919 are available at the. Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet.

Bjelland / Åseral: 1793-1853

Åseral / Åseral: 1854-1979

Bjelland / Bjelland, Finsland, Grindheim, Åseral: 1753-1792

Åseral / Åseral, Banns: 1858-1911

Census Records
This census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), the sons of the farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and their sons, and the ages of each person. There was another census taken by the civil authorities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is more complete. Original manuscript on microfilm.


 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666 Bjelland clerical district FamilySearch.


 * 1664-1666: 1801-telling for 1024 Bielland Database at Digitalarkivet.

This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It lists the names of the farms, farmowners (including widows), sons of farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and sons of cottagers and the age of each person. The clerical authorities took a census during this same time period. Both censuses should be used as they supplement each other. The clerical census is more complete. Original manuscript on microfilm.


 * 1664-1666: Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666 Åseral clerical district FamilySearch.


 * 1663-1666: Manntall 1663-66 Bailiff's census Digitalarkivet.


 * 1801: Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge Åseral clerical district FasmilySearch.


 * 1801: 1801-telling for 1024 Bielland Database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865 Åseral Clerical District FasmilySearch.
 * 1865 census Åseral (Vest-Agder) 1865-telling for 1026 Aaseral Digitalarkivet.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
 * 1875 census Åseral (Vest-Agder) Folketælling for Norge, 3 FamilySearch. 


 * 1875 census Åseral (Vest-Agder) 1875-telling for 1026 Aaseral Database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 census Åseral (Vest-Agder) 1900-telling for 1026 Aaseral Database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 FamilySearch.


 * 1900: 1900-telling for 1026 Aaseral Database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1910: Folketellingen 1910 Database at Digitalarkivet.

Farm Books
Liestøl, Tarjei, Eiken, Torleif, Åseral gard og ætt, Åseral. 1976-1987. A genealogy of the people and a history of the farms they lived on in Åseral in Vest-Agder county, Norway. FHL 948.29/A1 D2l A farm name index to volume 2 is found in the following link.

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 and the farm names found in Åseral Gard og Ætt Band I are combined in the list below:

13 Aakernes, 37 Aamland, 1 Aaseland, Alvsbruket, Anders Gunnulvsson's bruk, Austegard, 4 Austrhus, Austrhusmonen,  Bakkely, Bakken, Berg, Bergtun, Bjørgulvs bruk, Bjørnsbruket, Bordalen, 9 Bortelien, 6 Bredland, Brotet,, Bubakke, Buneset, 44 Bydalen,  Der heime, Der Inne, Der Nede, Der Nord, Der Oppe, Der Ute,  24 Eikemoen, 30 Eikerapen, Eirik Eirikssons bruk, Eiriks bruk, 19 Ekill, 42 Eksaa, 10 Espelien,  27 Fiskland, Fjellheim, 43 Flystveit, 2 Forgaard,  Gase Olavsson's bruk, Geirmunds bruk, Grønes, Gunnesbruket,  33 Haavaarstad, 15 Haavestøl, 16 Hamkoll, 41 Handeland, Hansstova, Haugan, Hedderåkren, Heimtun, 8 Helleren, Holå, Homstøl, 23 Horne, Håriksstova, Håvestøl,  Jensstova, Jensstove bruket, Jonasbruket, Jons bruk, Jonsstova, Juvasstøl, Jørundsstova,  Kaddeberg, Kilen, 36 Kittelsdal, Knut Brelands gardpart, Knut Gunnulvssons bruk, Koland, Krossen, 32 Kylland,  Larsstova, 7 Larsstuen, Lauvstad, 35 Linjord, 21 Listøl, Liæ, 7 Ljosland 41, Lundemyren, Luåkren,  Maddansbruket, 28 Madland, Mads Perssons bruk, Midtgard, Midtgarden, Minne, 34 Mjaaland, Monen, Moåkren, Myråkren,   Nedre Persstova, Negarden, Nere Jonssons bruk, 40 Nesland, Nils Bergs bruk, Nilsstova,nordgard, 12 Nordgaarden, Nordigard, Nordlund, Nordstova, Nyberg, Nygard, Nystovebruket, Nyvoll,   Olav Eirikssons sbruk, Olav Tjarandssons bruk, Olavs bruk, Olavsbruket, Osen,  Per Brelands Gardpart, Persstova, Persstova nedre,   Reiårsbruk, 17 Reiarsdalen, 22 Rosseland, Rydningsplassen, 20 Røidland, 18 Røinelien, 5 Røiseland, Røymer, Røynlidalen, Røysland,  Samlogvollen, Sandbrotet, Sigmundsbruk, Sigvards bruk, Skaret, Skarpeteigen, Skjerebakken, Skjerkestøl, Skjervollen, Skoran, 7 Skothommen, 25 Smedland, 41 Stien, Steinarsstova, Steæ, Ståles bruk, Sundby-bruket, Svensstova, Sørvoll,  9 Tjaldal, Tjarandsbruk, Tjarandsstova, Tomasbruket, Torbjørnsbruk, Torgeir Tjarandssons bruk, Torgeirsbruket, 26 Torsland, Torjusbruket, Torkjellsbruk, Torsstove-bruket, Trond Torgeirssons bruk, Tronsbakka, Tuptin, 38 Tveit, 5 Tveitan, 14 Tveitstøl, Tøa,  3 Under Berget med Skjerkestøl,  31 Vasbotnen, Vestafor, Vodden, Vollen,39 Vormelien,  29 Øiuvstad, 11 Østergaarden, Øvrejordet,  Åknes, Åmundsstova, Ånundsstova, Åseral Prestegard, Åsland, Åsmundsbruket, Åsmundsstova, Åsulv Jonssons bruk, Åsulv Olavssons bruk

Probate Records
Mandal judicial district


 * 1667-1887 Family History Library
 * 1667-1834 Digitalarkivet