Dypvåg Parish, Aust-Agder, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Aust-Agder County &gt; Dypvåg

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Dypvåg prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains priest and sexton records from the parishes Dypvåg (Dybvåg) and Flosta (Flaugstad). They were separated from Holt clerical district in 1812. See Sønneløv clerical district for some church records for the years 1801-1815. Parish registers from 1699-1924.

Digitized parish registers are available online at Digitalarkivet [Digital Archives]

Dypvåg: 1762-1813, 1824-1906

Dypvåg/Dypvåg: 1813-1922

Dypvåg/Flosta: 1813-1924

Census Records

 * 1660's:

Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Libraryand include the parishes of: Dypvåg, Tromøy, Holt, Austre Moland, Flosta, Arendal and Kristiansand. 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.

Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. This census is available on microfilm a the Family History Library, and include the parishes of: Dypvåg, Flosta, Arendal, Austre Moland, Holt, Tromøy and Tvedestrand. 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.


 * 1701: Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogneprester ifølge kongebrev av 26 juli 1701. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library and include the following parishes:  Dybåg, Holt, Tromøy, Arendal, Austre Moland and Flosta. 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.

Probate Records
1825-1857 Probate records are kept in Holt (Austre Nedenes) judicial district.