Luster (Lyster) Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Luster clerical district contains the parish registers from the parishes Dale, Fortun, Nes and Gaupne. The Family History Library has microfilmed the.

Digital images of parish records are online for Luster (Lyster), Dale, and Gaupne.

Luster clerical district: 1731-1930

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Luster clerical district include the parishes of Fortun, Nes, Gaupne, Dale i Luster and Luster and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Luster clerical district include the parishes of Luster, Dale i Luster, Gaupne, Nes and Fortun and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.; Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Manntall 1701: optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701. The 1701 census for Luster clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Luster clerical district include the parishes of Dale i Luster, Fortun, Nes, Gaupne and Luster and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Luster folketellingslister 1815 og 1825 (Sogn og Fjordane). The1815 and 1825 census for Luster clerical district include the parishes of Luster, Dale i Luster and Gaupne and is available on Digitalarkivet (1815), Digitalarkivet (1825), and on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * 1845 folketelling for Luster prestegjeld (Sogn og Fjordane). The 1845 census for Luster clerical district include the parishes of Dale i Luster, Luster, Fortun, Nes and Gaupne and is available online at Digitalarkivet and the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Luster clerical district include the parishes of Luster, Date i Luster, Nes, Gaupne and Fortun and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
 * Folketælling 31 December 1875 at Digitalarkivet
 * Folketælling 31 December 1891 at Digitalarkivet


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Luster clerical district include the parishes of Luster, Dale i Luster, Fortun, Nes and Gaupne''' and is availalble on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Luster is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Øyane, Lars E., Gards- og ættesoge for Luster kommune, Luster : Luster Kommune, c1984-. A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Includes a summary in English after each farm. FHL 948.34/L2 D2o

Contents: v. 1. Fortun sokn -- v. 2. Dale i Sokn -- v. 3. Dale 2- og Nes sokn -- v. 4. Gaupne sokn -- v. 5. Jostedal sokn -- v. 6. Eikum Ytre - Høgi -- v. 7. Dalen-Fevoll -- v. 8. Veitastrond.

Farm name indexes to volumes 1 - 5 are found in the following links. ,, , ,

Probate Records
1666-1876: Probates may be found in Indre Sogn judicial district.

1766-1810: Clerical probates may be found in Sogn Deanery.