Sør-Audnedal Parish, Vest-Agder, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Sør-Audnedal (Valle) clerical district contains priest and sexton records from the parishes Valle and Spangereid in Sør-Audnedal clerical district. They were separated from the combined Undal (Audnedal) clerical district in 1844. Vigmostad parish was separated from Nord-Audnedal in 1969 and joined together with Sør-Audnedal (Valle).

Microfilmed copies of the records are available at the. The records are from 1726-1915.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet.

Audnedal / Valle: 1726-1855

Sør-Audnedal / Valle: 1846-1965

Audnedal / Spangereid, Valle 1766-1828

Census Records
The 1664-1666 census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), the sons of the farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and their sons, and the ages of each person. There was another census taken by the civil authorities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is more complete. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666 Nord-Audnedal clerical district


 * 1663-1666: Manntall 1663-66 for Lister prosti II Database at Digitalarkivet.

The 1664-1666 census was taken by the local civil authorities. It lists the names of the farms, farmowners (including widows), sons of farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and sons of cottagers and the age of each person. The clerical authorities took a census during this same time period. Both censuses should be used as they supplement each other. The clerical census is more complete. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1664-1666: Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666 Sør-Audnedal clerical district


 * 1663-1666: Manntall 1663-66 for Basiliff's census Database at Digitalarkivet.

The 1801 census (b. 34) for Nord- og Sør-Audnedal clerical district includes Nord-Audnedal, Vigmostad, Konsmo, Sør-Audnedal, Valle, and Spangereid parishes. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1801: Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge Nord-Audnedal clerical district


 * 1801: 1801-telling for 1029 Audnedal Database at Digitalarkivet.

The 1865 census contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, martial status, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information. Each book usually contains one clerical district (prestegjeld). In some books there are two clerical districts recorded. The parishes and school districts in each clerical district are listed at the beginning of each book. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865 Sør-Audnedal clerical district


 * 1865: 1865-telling for 1029 Søndre Undal Database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)

The 1875 census contains the persons name, residence, 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1875: Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875 Sør-Audnedal clerical district


 * 1875: 1875-telling for 1029 S. Undal %Valle% Database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1891 census for Sør-Audnedal (Vest-Agder) 1891-telling for 1029 S. Undal %Valle% Database at Digitalarkivet.

The 1900 census contains the persons name, sex, resident or temporary resident, temporarily absent and where person is, position in the family, marital status, occupation, year of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900 Sør-Audnedal clerical district


 * 1900: 1900-telling for 1029 S. Audnedal Database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1910: Folketellingen 1910 Digital Archives

Probate Records
1666-1889: Probates may be found in Lister og Lyngdal judicial district.