Jølster Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Jølster clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Ålhus and Helgheim. The FamilySearch Library has microfilmed the

Digital images of parish records are online for Jølster, Ålhus, and Helgheim at Digitalarkivet.

Jølster clerical district: 1696-1920

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The1664-1666 civil census for Jølster clerical district include the parishes of Ålhus, Jølster and Helgheim and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). Jølster skipreide


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Jølster clerical district include the parishes of Jølster, Ålhus and Helgheim and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch 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 Jølster clerical district include the parishes of Jølster, Ålhus and Helgheim and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) Helgheim parish, Ålhus parish.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Jølster (Julster) clerical district include the parishes of Ålhus, Helgheim and Jølster and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.. Also available 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 Jølster clerical district include the parishes of Jølster, Helgheim and Ålhus and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.. It is 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. The1875 census for Jølster clerical district include the parishes of Jølster, Ållhus and Helgheim and is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge 1891 at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Jølster clerical district include the parishes of Jølster, Ålhus and Helgheim and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch 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 Jølster clerical district is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Joleik, Albert,Soga om Jølst fram til 1801 og litevetta um Breim, Jølster : Utgjeve av Jølster Sogenemnd, 1967. A history of Jølster clerical district which includes Ålhus and Helgheim parishes in Sogn og Fjordane county with some genealogy. Also includes a short history of Breim in Gloppen clerical district. FS Library 948.34/J1 H2j A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Klakegg, Anders O.,Bygdebok for Jølster : ættesoge 1801-1974, [Jølster] : Jølster kommune - Kulturstyret, 1985. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Jølster, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway from 1801 to 1974. FS Library 948.34/J1 D2k A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

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

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