Lund Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * clerical district records begin in 1713. They contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Lund and Heskestad. Also included were Flekkefjord or (Nes) until 1820 and Bakke, Gyland and Tonstad or (Sirdal) until 1741. They are now in Vest-Agder county. Heskestad parish was transferred from Helleland clerical district to Lund in 1820.


 * Transcribed by Trygve Rasmussen. These records are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * This is a handwritten copy transcribed by Ola Auranes.


 * Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Clerical Census: This census was taken by the local parish priests. It covers Lund and is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners, 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.


 * 1664-1666 Civil Census: This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It covers Lund and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. It lists the names of the farms, farm owners, 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. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1701 Manntall: The 1701 tax census for Lund is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. It was taken for military purposes and 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. Also available online at Digitalakrivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1758 Sjeleregister: A special 1758 sjeleregister for Lund exists and is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1801: The 1801 census for Lund is available at on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865: The 1865 census for Lund is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, martial status, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information. Each book usually contains one clerical district (prestegjeld). In some books there are two clerical districts recorded. The parishes and school districts in each clerical district are listed at the beginning of each book. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Lund is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, occupation, sex, marital status, year of birth, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Lund is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Lund is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish, and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, marital status, occupation, date of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Lund parish is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Court Records
The court records contain reports of civil and criminal actions, including the allodial rights, a system of ownership by which an owner has all rights associated with possessing a property. You will find names, dates, places, and relationships in these records. The records have no indexes, and therefore require time to study. They are excellent sources for genealogical research and at times you can find entire families through several generations. These records must be used in conjunction with the mortgage records, probate records, or other records.

Court records at the FamilySearch Library, 1613-1701

These records are for Jæren and Dalane judicial districts which include these places: Hetland (Frue), Høyland, Klepp, Time (Lye), Håland, Ogna, Sandnes, Helleland, Egersund, Lund, Sokndal, Heskestad, Hå, Bjerkreim, Randaberg, Sola, Madla, Varhaug, Nærbø, and Gjestal in 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.

Availability
Jæren og Dalane judicial district *1666-1822 *1667-1867 Digitalarkivet *1666-1815 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Dalane judicial district *1823-1882 *1867-1882 Digitalarkivet.

Dalane deanery *1729-1807 Clerical probate records *1729-1807 Digitalarkivet.

Lund police station *1882-1972 death protocol Digitalarkivet

Farm Book
A genealogy of the people and their farms in Lund in Rogaland county for about 450 years, from about 1500 to 1985.


 * Mehus, Ingjald, Heskestad, Olav and Hadland, Arne,, Lund: Utgitt av Lund bygdeboklag, 1961-1987; Lund: Lund Kommune, 1991.

948.31/L1 D2m FS Library Intl Book Vol. 1. Gårdens og slektens liv / av I. Mehus -- Vol. 2. Folk i Lund det siste hundre år / Olav Heskestad -- Vol. 3. Lunds historie i ord og bilder / Arne Hadland.

Ancestors and descendants of several families from the farms of Lund Parish in Rogaland. Includes pedigree charts and text descriptions of individuals. It includes these farms: Mageland, Ytre Sandstøl, Handeland, Surdal, Sætra, Sætra, Eik, Handeland, Hove, Lunde, Hamre, Skår, Gursli, Skåland, Gursli, Skåland, Heskestad, Ovedal (Aavedal), Tjellesvik, Kjørmo, Hamre, Rusdal, Sirekrok, Kjørmo, Moi, Visland. A farm name index to volume 1 is found in the following link.


 * Mageland, Eivind,, Moi, Norway : Mageland, Eivind, 1998. 948.31/L1 D2ma FS Library INTL Book

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

7 Aavedal, 23 Aueland, 42 Austreim, 18 Bringedal  10 Djubedal, 3 Drivdal nedre,  35 Eig, 12 Eige, 26 Eigeland, 1 Elve, 48 Espelistøl  41 Fladestøl  2 Gjersdal, 16 Gursli,  20 Hamre, 31 Handeland, 24 Haukland, 11 Hellemork, 34 Horsmo, 32 Hove  36 Kjørberg, 37 Kjørmo, 5 Kvelland, 50 Kvidingen  30 Lagestranden, 44 Langelandstøl, 15 Liland, 21 Lindland, 14 Litlehei  43 Mageland, 27 Moi  6 Navrestad  28 Osen  25 Præstegaarden  51 Rusdal, 9 Røidland  49 Sandstøl indre, 45 Sandstøl ytre, 17 Skaaland, 22 Skaar, 39 Skaardal nedre, 29 Skjeggestad, 8 Solbjør, 47 Solli, 38 Steinberg, 33 Surdal, 44 Sædre,  46 Tagholt, 13 Tjellesvig, 19 Tronvig