Ål, Buskerud, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm available at the for Ål prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers from the parishes Ål and Torpo. Included Hol parish until 1870. Ål parsonage burned in 1759. Records available from 1744-1934.

Digital images of parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Ål: 1744-1769, 1771-1881, 1920-1969.

Ål/Torpo: 1882-1933

Ål/Ål: 1882-1928

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall This census was taken by the local parish priests. Valdres prosti included Ål, Hol and Torpo parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 122968 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.


 * 1801 Census Ål clerical district includes Ål, Hol, and Torpo parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 122995 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1801-telling for 0619 Aal.


 * 1865 Census Ål clerical district includes Ål, Hol, and Torpo parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Film 123040 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1865-telling for 0619 Aal.


 * 1875 Census Ål clerical district includes Ål and Torpo parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library Films 255640-255641.


 * 1900 CensusÅl clerical district includesÅl and Torpo parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the Family History Library https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F380608 Films 275110-275111] and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1865-telling for 0619 Åls.


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Farm Books
Nye Ål bygdebok This is an internet version for the period 1750-1900. It was published in 2008.

Fonnum, Helge and Svarteberg, Kristen, Aal bygde soge, Gjøvik 1952-1969. A history of Ål clerical district in Buskerud county with some genealogy. Includes parishes Ål and Torpo. FHL 948.25/A1 H2f A farm name index to volume 4 is found in the following link.

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

111 Aal Præstegaard 110 Aasegaarden 44 Aasetno 106 Anfingaarden 106 Anfinlien 52 Anfinsflaaten 40 Arnegaard 56 Arnegaard 91 Arnegaard 121 Arnegaard Nos 30 Aslaksgaard 120 Aslaksgaard Nos 123 Aslegaarden 44 Baggegaarden 49 Bakke 116 Bakketeigen 41 Baklien 117 Beithovd 117 Belluteigen 88 Berg nordre 87 Berg søndre 43 Bergsgaard 104 Bjella 110 Bosset 84 Brattegaard 56 Breastølen 127 Breie 128 Breiehagen 24 Brusedokken 32 Bumberud 129 Bækkestad 32 Bæra 38 Bøigaard 99 Dengerud 74 Djup 67 Dokken 85 Dusegaard 78 Eitrestølen 127 Ekrene 78 Ellingsgaard 70 Espegaard 48 Fekjastølen 123 Fetagaarden 123 Feten 115 Fly 44 Frankrige 130 Fødalen 32 Gamli 105 Gjeldaaker 123 Gjerdnes 42 Gjuvsjordet 117 Gjøto 54 Glaamsletten 63 Gravabotn 127 Grevsgaard 55 Grinden 110 Grostølen 95 Grønset 68 Gudbrandsgaard 36 Guldhagen 44 Gunnildgaard 119 Gunnildgaard Nos 63 Gurigaard 123 Guropladsen 115 Gyrinosen 71 Haaeim nedre 72 Haaeim øvre 62 Haakensgaarden 125 Haldalen 120 Hallebraat 95 Hallen 94 Halleset 106 Halling 110 Halvemaalet 37 Halvorsgaard 48 Haug 59 Haug 60 Haugen 81 Havarsgaard 40 Hellebu 32 Hestebrekke 84 Hesthovdstølen 54 Hjallo 125 Hollebakken 112 Hollene 50 Holo 94 Holte 107 Hov 86 Hovdegaard 53 Hovpladsen 112 Hus 26 Høiset 70 Jernbustølen 117 Jørgensgaard Nos 32 Kanafetmyrene 80 Kaslegaard 64 Kirkedelen 77 Kjeldergaard 27 Kolbjørnsgaard 98 Kolbjørnstølen 103 Kortgaarden 47 Kraakhammer 33 Krosshaug 29 Kvammen 28 Kvelperud 96 Kvinnegaarden 100 Laa lille 101 Laa store 102 Laa øvre 123 Langeland 25 Langero 123 Lankene 65 Lappegaard 113 Leksvold 66 Leveld 79 Lofthus 82 Loksengaard 26 Luten 107 Lysebotn 25 Løite 58 Løkensgaard 71 Løvdalen 123 Mefarningen 69 Megaarden 24 Megaarden søndre 83 Mjølgebotn 93 Myking 35 Nedreskaar 40 Nupestølen 66 Oleivsgaard 49 Oppaastølen 34 Opsata 99 Osestølen 105 Ottemaalsteigen 123 Paa Bakken 123 Pletten 120 Raaen 121 Randedokken 92 Randen 39 Reiarsgaard 65 Reine 115 Rime 127 Rotebakdokken 25 Rud 95 Rue 90 Røungstølen 126 Sandaaker 31 Sando 30 Sando øvre 32 Sata 83 Settungsgaard 54 Skaalen 115 Skalle 110 Skarpsno 92 Skarsgaard 35 Skjerveim 122 Skottebøl 107 Skrattegaarden 47 Skrinde 125 Skriu 123 Smettbak 72 Snoksrud 115 Spjøtakeren 58 Springgaarden 97 Stakegaarden 114 Stave 122 Store-Vieren 123 Strand 103 Styrkestad 125 Sundbrei 110 Sundre 53 Svarteberg lille 51 Svillegaarden 46 Sæl nordre 45 Sæl søndre 103 Søljukallakeren 23 Sørbøen 90 Tistilsgaard 23 Toen 75 Toen nordre 74 Toen søndre 55 Toknutpladsen 117 Tolleivsgaarden 89 Toresgaard 118 Torkelsgaard Nos 30 Tormodsgaard 96 Torsgaarden 61 Torsteinsrud lille 62 Torsteinsrud store 107 Toviken 57 Trinterud 110 Troldøen 76 Tuftedokken 91 Tullegaard 124 Tune 91 Turkestad 124 Tuva 55 Tveite 118 Tveito 109 Ulshagen 34 Under Berget 127 Under Berget 96 Vallene 113 Vallene 108 Vardeberg 53 Vesleskrøiva 73 Ødelien 51 Ørjanpladsen

Probate Records
Ringerike og Hallingdal judicial district *1671-1815 Family History Library *1671-1822 Digitalarkivet

Ringerike judicial district *1815-1876 Family History Library *1822-1870 Digitalarkivet

Hadeland, Ringerike and Hallingdal deanery *1775-1805 Digitalarkivet