Årdal Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Årdal clerical district contains the parish registers from the parish of Årdal. It was separated from Lærdal clerical district in 1863. The Family History Library has microfilm of the

For earlier records see Lærdal clerical district.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet. Årdal: 1834-1939

Lærdal: 1711-1834

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1801 see Lærdal clerical district.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Årdal clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Årdal clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Årdal clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History 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 Årdal (Aardal) clerical district) is available online at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Ve, Søren and Krossen, Dagfinn, Bygdebok for Årdal, Årdal : Utgjeven av Årdal kommune, 1971-. A cultural history of Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway and a genealogy of the people and their farms. FHL 948.34/A1 H2v A farm name index to volume 3 is found in the following link.

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

22 Aabøle 4 Aardalstangen med Tolsgaarden 28 Aarebru 14 Afdalen 29 Aspreim 26 Brekken 30 Dalaakre 17 Haugene 8 Hellegaard med Ødegaarden 16 Hestetun 12 Hjelle 21 Holsæter 3 Hovland 27 Hæreid 31 Javnaakre 6 Lægreid 17 Midtun 10 Moen 1 Muggeteigen 20 Mæleim 2 Natviken 25 Nondal vestre 23 Nondal østre 33 Ofredal øvre 5 Præstegaarden 32 Røisene 32 Seim 7 Stedjene 11 Svaleim 24 Torpen 9 Ve 13 Vetti 13 Vettismorken 15 Volddal 17 Voldene 19 Øfsttun 18 Øren

Probate Records
1666-1876: Probates may be found in Indre Sogn judicial district.

1766-1810: Clerical probates may be found in Sogn Deanery.