Vestre Moland Parish, Aust-Agder, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Vestre Moland, 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 Vestre Moland prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains priest and sexton records for the parishes Vestre Moland and Lillesand. Included Høvåg parish until 1860. The earlier records were destroyed in a fire in 1688. Parish registers for the years 1688-1928.


 * Digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Civil Census: This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It covers Vestre Moland clerical district, including the parishes of Vestre Moland and Høvåg 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.


 * 1664-1666 Clerical Census: This census was taken by the local parish priests. It is available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.


 * 1701: The 1701 census for Vestre Moland clerical district include the parishes of Vestre Moland and Høvåg and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It was taken for military purposes and 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: Folketælling for Norge, 1 February 1801. The 1801 census for Vestre Moland clerical district, and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The 1801 census (b. 32) for Vestre Moland clerical district includes Vestre Moland, Lillesand, and Høvåg parishes. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation. A typewritten edition with indexes is available on microfiche. It is called "Mikrokortutgåva av 1801-teljina". Also avaialble in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1865: The 1865 census for Vestre Moland clerical district includes the parishes of Vestre, Moland, and Lillesand and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the residence, persons name, status in the family, occupation, sex, martial status, 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 in a searchable database online at Digitalarkviet (Digital Archives) of Norway as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø, Norway.


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Vestre Moland clerical district includes the parishes of Vestre Moland and Lillesand and is available on microfilm at theFamily History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the name of the farm or residence, name of the person, 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 Vestre Moland clerical district is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Vestre Moland clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. This census contains the name of the farm or resident, persons name, sex, temporary resident, temporarily absent and where person is, position in the family, marital status, occupation, date of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) of Norway as well as at theNorwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø, Norway.


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Vestre Moland is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digtal Archives) of Norway as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø, Norway.

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

9 Berge, 35 Bergshaven, 37 Bergsøen, 16 Bjelland, 31 Bjørkestøl, 5 Brekkestø, 33 Brentemoen, 30 Buene, 41 Dybvig,  24 Eigeland ytre, 15 Fjeldal,  1 Fjeldalsøen vestre, 32 Fladen, 37 Flørenes, 33 Fosbæk, 28 Froholt,  20 Glamsland, 29 Grimenes, 3 Grisøen,  43 Heldal,  15 Jonsøen,  39 Kallenes, 44 Kalvell, 17 Kjellingland, 38 Klingsund, 13 Kosvig, 4 Kraksøen,  40 Langedal, 33 Lofthus, 32 Lundemobakken, 34 Lundemoen, 10 Lunden, 33 Luntevigen,  32 Moen, 32 Møglestu,  14 Nasledalen, 22 Nordbø, 42 Næbetrø,  30 Præstegaarden,  10 Raana, 42 Reise, 26 Røgskaar,  32 Sandbakken, 33 Sandsnes,18 Sangereid, 12 Skalle, 36 Skogerøen, 13 Skrukkebuen, 18 Skuggevigen, 19 Songe med Furekjær, 23 Storehe,i 6 Stuttei nedre, 8 Subbernes, 42 Svinøen,  27 Tengsbæk, 42 Tingsager, 21 Torkelsbuene,  11 Vasdalen, 45 Vatne,  30 Ydderstad ,36 Ydderstad,  11 Østerøen

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

Sand (Vestre Nedenes) judicial district to 1824 *1826-1879 Family History Library *1826-1907 Digitalarkivet

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