Høvåg Parish, Aust-Agder, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Høvåg, Aust-Agder, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records

 * Microfilm at the for Høvåg prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains priest and sexton records for Høvåg parish. Was separated from Vestre Moland clerical district in 1860. Parish registers from 1688-1930. See also Vestre Moland.


 * Digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records
1664-1666, 1701, 1801 see Vestre Moland


 * 1865: The 1865 census for Høvåg clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. This census contains the residence, person's name, status in the family, occupation, sex, marital status, place of birth, age, religion. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) of Norway, as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the Univesity of Tromsø in Norway.


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Høvåg clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This 1875 census contains the residence, persons name, 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 Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Høvåg clerical district is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Høvåg clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. This census contains the resident or temporary resident, temporarily absent and where person is, persons name, sex, 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) of Norway as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre in Tromsø, Norway.


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Høvåg is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) of Norway, as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø in Norway.

Farm Books
Halvorsen, Lars; Grønli, Helge: Fra Høvågs historie: Om Randvig gård. "Randvig gårds historie ble ført i pennen i 1946-47 av Lars Halvorsen. De to siste avsnittene er skrevet av Helge Grønli."

History of Randvig farm in Høvåg parish, Aust-Agder county, Norway. Contains some genealogical information of the residents.

FHL 949.1 A1

Sødal, Terje: Høvågs-og slektshistorie

FHL 949.28/H4 D2

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

56 Aagerøen, 42 Aamland søndre, 12 Aardalen, 44 Aarsnes indre, 29 Aarsnes ytre, 35 Bagervigen, 48 Bliksund,  36 Dalene, 28 Djubedal,  18 Eidjord, 16 Ervigen,  55 Flesi, 40 Frillestad,  2 Gladstad, 34 Gløtningsvaag, 39 Grimsøen, 21 Grundebuen,  54 Haugevig, 38 Hellenes med Lindenes, 10 Hellevig, 11 Holte, 28 Hæstad, 49 Høvaag nedre,  44 Indgjerdsmyren, 15 Isefjær,  14 Kalland, 13 Kjøstveid, 1 Kornbrekke, 28 Krosnes, 19 Kvaase, 45 Kvannes, 4 Kvarsnes, 33 Kvivigen,  24 Melaaen,  37 Natvig, 31 Neset, 52 Nyglesten,  17 Opseng,  27 Randvig, 26 Randvigdalen, 30 Ribe, 51 Rossekjær, 23 Rosselien, 49 Rørvig,  22 Sagaasen, 6 Steindal nordre, 42 Steinsøen, 20 Sydingen, 41 Sævig,  47 Tronderøen indre, 7 Trøe  9 Uldalen, 32 Ulvøen,  8 Vallesvær vestre, 4 Vallesvær østre, 3 Vallesværdalen, 25 Vesterhus,  52 Øresland vestre og østre

Probate Records
Nedenes judicial district *1640-1824 Family History Library *1698-1826 Digitalarkivet

Sand (Vestre Nedenes) judicial district to 1824 *1826-1879 Family History Library *1826-1907 Digitalarkivet

Nedenes deanery *1693-1811 Family History Library *1693-1811 Digitalarkivet