Jostedal Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm at the Family History Library contains the parish registers from Jostedal parish, in.

Digital images of parish records are online for Jostedal at Digitalarkivet.

Jostedal clerical district: 1733-1931

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Jostedal clerical district is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Jostedal clerical district is available at Digitalarkivet an on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Jostedal (Justedahl) clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library; as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Jostedal clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Jostedal clerical district is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge 1891 at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Jostedal clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Jostedal (Jostedalen) is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Øyane, Lars E., Gards- og ættesoge for Luster kommune, Luster : Luster Kommune, c1984-. A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Includes a summary in English after each farm. FHL 948.34/L2 D2o

Contents: v. 1. Fortun sokn -- v. 2. Dale i Sokn -- v. 3. Dale 2- og Nes sokn -- v. 4. Gaupne sokn -- v. 5. Jostedal sokn -- v. 6. Eikum Ytre - Høgi -- v. 7. Dalen-Fevoll -- v. 8. Veitastrond.

Farm name indexes to volumes 1 - 5 are found in the following links. ,, , ,

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

5 Aasen, 5 Aasestølen, 17 Aspehaug, 5 Aspeneset9 Bakken, 26 Bersæter, 10 Bjørk, 7 Brueim16 Elvekrok, 15 Espe19 Faaberg nedre, 3 Fossen25 Grov21 Haugen, 22 Helgegaarden8 Jostedalens Præstegaard14 Kjeppe, 13 Kjærviken, 23 Kronen<BR><BR>18 Lien<BR><BR>17 Mjelvær, 7 Moen, 1 Myklemyr<BR><BR>6 Nedreli<BR><BR>2 Ormberg<BR><BR>1 Skjæret, 24 Snetun, 4 Sperle, 2 Stølen, 5 Stølen, 11<BR><BR>Vamberg<BR><BR>12 Ytri.<BR>

Probate Records
1666-1876: Probates may be found in Indre Sogn judicial district.

1766-1810: Clerical probates may be found in Sogn Deanery.