Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal) Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Fjaler clerical district contains the parish registers from the parishes Holmedal, Dale i Fjaler, and Guddal. The records begin in 1755

Fjaler clerical district was called Holmedal clerical district before 1755 when it was divided into two separate clerical district: Indre Holmedal (Gaular) and Ytre Holmedal (Fjaler). The name was changed from Ytre Holmedal to Fjaler in 1912.

Microfilm at the cover the years 1755-1927.

Digital images of parish records are online for Fjaler on Digitalarkivet.

Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal): 1755-1940

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666.  The1664-1666 census for Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal)clerical district include the parishes of Fjaler, Holmedal, Vik i Gaular, Guddal, Dale i Fjaler, Bygstad and Sande and was kept by the local civil authorities. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666.  The 1664-1666 census for Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal) clerical district include the parishes of Dal i Fjaler, Bygstad, Sande, Holmedal, Guddal, Vik i Gaular and Fjaler; and was kept by the local parish priests. This census is avaialble on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701.  The 1701 census for Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal) clerical district include the parishes of Fjaler, Vik i Gaular, Sande, Bygstad, Holmedal, Dale i Fjaler, and Guddal.  This census is available on microfilm at the Famly History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal) clerical district include the parishes of Holmedal, Fjaler, Dale i Fjaler and Guddal.  This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  It is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge 1865 on Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Fjaler (Ytre  Holmedal ) clerical district include the parishes of Fjaler, Dale i Fjaler, Holmedal and Guddal.  This census is available on Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library
 * Folketælling for Norge 1891 on Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal) include the parishes of Fjaler, Dale i Fjaler, Holmedal and Guddal.  This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  It is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desejber 1910. The 1910 census for Fjaler (Ytre Holmedal) is available online at Digitalarkviet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Fageheim, Ragnvald and Fagerheim, Magne,Fjaler, gards- og ættesoge, [S.l.] : Utgjevar Fjaler sogelag, 1976. Contains a genealogy of the people and a brief history of the farms they lived on. Vol l Holmedal parish, Vol 2 Dale parish and Vol 3 Dale and Guddal parishes. 948.34/F1 Def Farm name indexes to volumes 1-3 are found in the following links. , ,

Probate Records
1677-1881: Probates may be found in Sunnfjord judicial district.

1794-1846: Clerical probates may be found in Sunnfjord Deanery.