Rauland Parish, Telemark, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Rauland clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Rauland, Øyfjell and Møsstrand. Became Rauland clerical district in 1859 when Rauland was separated from Vinje clerical district, Øyfjell from Lårdal clerical district and Møsstrand from the clerical districts Vinje, Seljord, and Tinn. For earlier records see the respective clerical districts listed above.


 * The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the


 * Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records
For earlier census records see Vinje.


 * 1865: for Rauland clerical district includes the parishes of Ødefjeld (Øyfjell) and Mjøsstranden (Møsstrand). Microfilmed images are available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1875: for Rauland clerical district includes the parishes of Ødefjeld (Øyfjell) and Mjøsstranden (Møsstrand). Microfilmed images are available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1891 census for Rauland include the parishes of Ødefjeld (Øyfjell) and Mjøsstranden (Møsstrand). It is available in a searchable database online at Digital Archives


 * 1900: for Rauland clerical district includes the parishes of Ødefjeld (Øyfjell) and Mjøsstranden (Møsstrand). Microfilmed images are available at the in Salt Lake City. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


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


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

Farm Names
30 Aksvik 38 Berge 19 Berunuten 38 Bitustøl 44 Bjaali 28 Bratsberg 47 Brekken 36 Bækhus i  22 Farastad 51 Fonneli  34 Gaardsjord 45 Gjuvland 45 Gjuvstøl  25 Haugeviken 27 Heimestøl  29 Kjellingtveit 35 Kromtveit 32 Kvammen  46 Landsværklien 43 Lofthus 26 Loftsgaarden 51 Lønvik  35 Midgaarden 35 Midgaarden 50 Moen  31 Neset 33 Nystu 48 Nystu i Austbø  32 Rauland nordre 30 Reinsviken 42 Rofshus 23 Romtveit nordre  42 Sandstøl 39 Seltveit 28 Setberg 48 Skeiet 24 Skinand 19 Sterredalen 49 Svalestuen i Austbø 37 Svalestuen i Haddeland 41 Svalestuen i Nesland  33 Traaen 47 Tvitekken  20 Urebø  25 Vaa nordre 27 Vaa-Setberg 40 Vashus 22 Veimanbuen  51 Ødegaarden 21 Ødegaarden nordre

Probate Records
Øvre Telemark judicial district *1665-1866

Øvre Telemark østfjelske judicial district *1668-1845 Digitalarkivet

Øvre Telemark vestfjelske judicial district *1665-1850 Digitalarkivet

Øvre Telemark deanery *1753-1817 *1707-1817 Digitalarkivet