Dypvåg Parish, Aust-Agder, Norway Genealogy

Europe Norway Aust-Agder County Dypvåg

Guide to Dypvåg, Aust-Agder, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records
Microfilm at the for Dypvåg prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains priest and sexton records from the parishes Dypvåg (Dybvåg) and Flosta (Flaugstad). They were separated from Holt clerical district in 1812. See Sønneløv clerical district for some church records for the years 1801-1815. Parish registers from 1699-1924.

Digitized parish registers are available online at Digitalarkivet [Digital Archives]

Dypvåg: 1762-1813, 1824-1906

Dypvåg/Dypvåg: 1813-1922

Dypvåg/Flosta: 1813-1924

Census Records

 * 1660's:

Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Libraryand include the parishes of: Dypvåg (Dybvåg), Tromøy, Holt, Austre Moland, Flosta, Arendal and Kristiansand. This 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.

'''Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. This census is available on microfilm a the Family History Library, and include the parishes of: Dypvåg (Dybvåg) Flosta, Arendal, Austre Moland, Holt, Tromøy and Tvedestrand'''. This 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.


 * 1701: Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogneprester ifølge kongebrev av 26 juli 1701. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library and include the following parishes:  Dybvåg (Dypvåg), Holt, Tromøy, Arendal, Austre Moland and Flosta. The census of 1701 was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. Also includes the residence of all unmarried males living away from home when the census was taken.


 * 1815: 1815 folketelling for Dypvåg sogn i Dypvåg (Dybvåg) prestegjeld (Aust-Agder). This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1815 census for Dypvåg parish in Dybvåg clerical district. Includes the head of houshold (or his widow), his wife, children, other family members staying in household, fosterchildren, servants, occupation, sex, age and some miscellaneous information.


 * 1825: 1825 folketelling for Borøy i Dypvåg sogn Dypvåg prestegjeld (Aust-Agder). This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1825 census for Borøy in Dypvåg parish, Dybvåg clerical district includes the farm names, head of household (or his widow), his wife, children, other family members staying in household, servants, occupation, sex, age and some miscellaneous information.


 * 1865: Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865.This census is available on microfilm at theFamily History Library and include the parishes of Dybvåg (Dypvåg) and Flosta. This 1865census contains the name of the farm, persons name, status in the family, residence, occupation, sex, marital state, place of birth, age, 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. also available online atDigitalarkivet (Digital Archives) of Norway.


 * 1875: Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library and include the parishes of Dybvåg (Dypvåg) andFlosta. This 1875 census contains the name of the farm, persons name, year of birth, position in the family, occupation, sex, marital status, place birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information.


 * 1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. Available on microfilm at the Family History Library and include the parishes of Dybvåg (Dypvåg) and Flosta. This census contains the name of the farm, persons name, sex, resident or temporary resident, temporarily absent and where person is, position in the family, marital status, occupation, when born, where born, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Also available online in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) of Norway.


 * 1910: Søk i folketellingen fra 1910, 1 desember 1910. Available online in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø in Norway.

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

28 Aas, 16 Askerøen vestre, 21 Barlinddalen, 13 Borøen ytre, 21 Brenningskjæret, 17 Bukholmen, 32 Bukholmen, 34 Eidbu, 21 Flatskjær med Vinterstø, 35 Furøen, 21 Geving, 30 Gjesøen, 22 Gjøseid, 34 Grønland, 21 Hellersøen, 15 Kilene, 29 Kilsenden, 24 Knutlien, 27 Kraakevaag, 19 Lyngør indre, 22 Løvdal, 33 Nes og Hovden, 23 Normandvik, 25 Præstegaarden, 24 Reinsfjeld, 20 Risøen, 14 Sandøen vestre, 31 Skatbunes, 21 Skipvik, 34 Stokkebu, 26 Størdal, 29 Ulevaag, 27 Usnes

Farm names listed in Danielsen og Jenssen's Dypvåg Gards- og Slektshistorie II og III og IVin 1958 are as follows: Some farms are divided into Indre, Nedre, Vestre, Ytre, Østre, Øvre but are not indicated here.

Askerøya, Borøya, Bukkholmen, Dalen, Dypvåg, Dypvågdalen, Eikenes, Gjeving, Gjøseid, Gjøsøya, Hagen, Halsen, Heller, Klåholmen, Knutelia, Kråkevåg, Lyngør, Løvdal, Narmnnvika, Reinsfjell, Risøya, Rørkil, Sanden, Sandøya, Skattebunes, Skibvik, Steinsøya, Storrkjær, Størdal, Åstø

Probate Records
Nedenes judicial district *1640-1824 Family History Library *1698-1826 Digitalarkivet

Holt (Austre Nedenes) judicial district *1825-1857 Family History Library *1823-1911 Digitalarkivet

Nedenes deanery *1693-1811 Family History Library *1693-1811 Digitalarkivet