Tonstad Parish, Vest-Agder, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Contains priest and sexton records for the parishes Tonstad and Øvre Sirdal (Lunde). They were separated from Bakke clerical district in 1849. Bakke was in turn separated from Lund in Rogaland county in 1741. The earliest records can be found in Lund, Rogaland. Sirdal (Tonstad) became their own clerical district in 1854. In 1847 was Øvre Sirdal (Lunde) annex combined with Sirdal (Tonstad).

Bakke, Gyland, Tonstad: 1741-1855

Bakke / Tonstad: 1815-1834

Sirdal / Tonstad, Øvre Sirdal: 1848-1878

Sirdal / Tonstad: 1848-1960

Lund / Bakke, Gyland, Nes, Tonstad: 1724-1760

Microfilm at the cover years 1724-1916.

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.


 * 1664-1666 Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666 Sirdal Clerical District at FamilySearch.


 * 1664-1666 census for Tonstad (Sirdal) 1664-1666-telling for 1045 Bakke 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.


 * 1664-1666 census for Bakke (Vest-Agder) Bakke Clerical District at FamilySearch.


 *  Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 10: Lista len 1664-1666-telling for 1045 Lista len at Digitalarkivet.

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.


 * 1701 census for Lund (Vest-Agder) Lund (Rogaland) Clerical District at FamilySearch.


 * 1701 census for Jæren and Dalane Fogderi 1701-telling for 1045 Bakke at Digitalarkivet.

An extract of the 1718 census for the parishes Bakke, Tonstad, and Gyland in Vest-Agder county.


 * 1718 census for Tonstad, Bakke, Gyland Mandtallsrolle for Bache, Tonstad, og Gyland sognene, 1718 at FamilySearch.


 * 1801 census for Tonstad (Sirdal) Folketælling 31 December 1801 Sirdal Clerical District at FamilySearch.


 * 1801 census for Tonstad (Sirdal) 1801-telling for 1045 Bakke at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865 Census for Tonstad (Sirdal) at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 census for 1046P Sirdal (Tonstad) at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


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


 * 1900 census for Sirdal (Tonstad) at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1910 census for Tonstad (Vest-Agder) at Digitalarkivet.

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

36 Bergeland 38 Bjunes 28 Bjørnestad 30 Espetveid  31 Fed 35 Finsnes 34 Finsnesheien 36 Fintland 32 Furestøl   40 Guddal   27 Hammersmark 39 Hompland  48 Josdal   33 Kulien 41 Kvernebæk   41 Liland   36 Moen 26 Mydland   51 Neset 49 Nygaard  29 Osen  42 Rosstøl 37 Rægevig  50 Seland 47 Sjørbu  52 Tonstad

Probate Records
Lister og Lyngdal
 * 1666-1889 FamilySearch Library

Lyngdal judicial district
 * 1666-1829 Digitalarkivet

Flekkefjord judical district
 * 1810-1887 FamilySearch Library
 * 1810-1907 Digitalarkivet

Lista deanery
 * 1804-1834 FamilySearch Library
 * 1804-1834 Digitalarkivet