Ogna Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Rogaland  County &gt; Ogna

Church Records
Ogna is a parish in Egersund clerical district. Records begin in 1664. They contain the parishes Ogna and Egersund (Eigersund) with landsognet and ladestedet. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet.

Egersund: 1664-1717, 1720-1775, 1808-1815

Eigersund / Ogna: 1776-1791, 1816-1865, 1876-1915

Eigersund / Eigersund, Ogna: 1866-1878

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 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. A database of this census is available at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1701: The census of 1701 was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. Also includes the residence of all unmarried males living away from home when the census was taken.Mantallet (Census) 1701 for Stavanger Amt (Rogaland County)

Probate Records
For 1666-1822 the probates are found in Jæren og Dalane judicial district.

For 1823-1882 they are found in Dalane judicial district.

The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Dalane deanery.

Farm Book
Farm books with vital information on farm residents in Nærbø, Hå, and Ogna, Rogaland co., Norway. Hå community includes Varhaug and Vigrestad in Jæren district.

Edland, Torgeir, "Gards og ættesoge" Hå: Hå kommune, 1971-1975. 948.31/H3 D2ea Vol. 1 for Nærbø-- Vol. 2 for Hå-- Vol. 3 for Ogna FHL Intl Book

Index to: Gards- og ættesoge for Ogna (farms 84-124), Rogaland co., Norway.

History of farms and families in the vicinity of Ogna, Rogaland, Norway. Includes Topdal, Risnes, Eikeland Aua, Matningsdal, Homse and Nordre Hetland, and Vetteland.

Tjåland, Johan, "Øvra Bygdå": folket og eigedomane gjennom dei siste 500 åra," Matningsdal [Norway] : J. Tjåland, 2004 948.31/O1 D2t FHL INTL Book