Hå Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * clerical district contains priest and sexton records from the parishes Nærbø, Varhaug, Nærem and Bø. Earlier church records were burned in 1787. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Civil Census: This census was taken by the local parish priests. It covers Hå clerical district and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners, 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 Clerical Census: This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It covers Hå clerical district and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It lists the names of the farms, farm owners, 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 Census: The 1701 tax census for Hå clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It 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.


 * 1801: The 1801 census for Hå clerical district includes Nærbø, Bø, Varhaug and Nærbø parishes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1815: A special 1815 census for Hå clerical district, including Nærbø and Varhaug parishes, exists and is available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It lists the farm name, persons name, age, occupation, and other miscellaneous information information. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1865: the 1865 census for Hå is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It 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. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Hå is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, 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. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Hå is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet in Salt Lake City.


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Hå is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish, and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, marital status, occupation, date of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information.

Court Records
The court records contain reports of civil and criminal actions, including the allodial rights, a system of ownership by which an owner has all rights associated with possessing a property. You will find names, dates, places, and relationships in these records. The records have no indexes, and therefore require time to study. They are excellent sources for genealogical research and at times you can find entire families through several generations. These records must be used in conjunction with the mortgage records, probate records, or other records.

Court records at the Family History Library, 1613-1701

These records are for Jæren and Dalane judicial districts which include these places: Hetland (Frue), Høyland, Klepp, Time (Lye), Håland, Ogna, Sandnes, Helleland, Egersund, Lund, Sokndal, Heskestad, Hå, Bjerkreim, Randaberg, Sola, Madla, Varhaug, Nærbø, and Gjestal in Rogaland county.

Probate Records
For 1666-1822 the probates are found in Jæren og Dalane judicial district. For 1823-1882 they are found in Jæren judicial district. The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Jæren deanery. `

Availability
Jæren og Dalane judicial district *1666-1822 *1667-1860 Digitalarkivet *1666-1815 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Jæren judicial district *1763-1821 Family History Library *1859-1896 Digitalarkivet.

Jæren deanery *1763-1821 Clerical probate records Family History Library *1763-1821 Digitalarkivet.

Hå police station *1890-1931 death protocol Digitalarkivet

Farm Book
Farm books with vital information on farm residents in Nærbø, Hå, and Ogna, Rogaland co., Norway. Hå community includes Varhaug and Vigrestad in Jæren district.

Edland, Torgeir, Hå: Hå kommune, 1971-1975 948.31/H3 D2ea Vol. 1 for Nærbø-- Vol. 2 for Hå-- Vol. 3 for Ogna FHL Intl Book

Farm Names
Return to Norway Page► Hå:  Aniksdal, Aniksdal Ånestad, Auestad,  Bjorheim, Bratland,  Djøseland,  Efjestad,  Håland, Hårr, Haugland, Haugstad, Herigstad, Hobberstad, Husveg,  Kydland,  Lerbrek,  Madland, Mæland, Marsteinbakken,  Nord-Halleland, Nord-Varhaug,  Odland,  Refsland, Reiestad, Rugland,  Sæland, Skrettingland, Sør-Tjemsland, Sør-Varhaug, Stavnheim,  Tvihaug,  Ueland,  Valdeland, Vigrestad, Voll,  Årsland,  Ødegård,