Eid Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Eid clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Eid and Stårheim (Nordfjord. Included Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten until 1740 which, at that time, became the new Davik parish in Davik clerical district. Also included Hornindal parish to 1866 when it became the main parish in the new Hornindal clerical district.

Microfilmed copies of these parish registers are available at the for 1722-1907.

Digital images of parish records are online for Eid at Digitalarkivet. Digital images of parish records are online for Davik at Digitalarkivet. Digital images of parish records are online for Hornindal at Digitalarkivet.


 * Eid Clerical District 1722-1927

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Eid clerical district include the parishes of Davik, Ålfoten, Stårheim, Hornindal, Eid and Rugsund.  This census waskept by the local civil authorities and is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Eid clerical district include the parishes of Eid, Hornindal, Stårheim, Rugsund, Davik and Ålfoten.  This census was kept by the local parish priests and is avaiilable on microfilm at the Family History 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 Eid clerical district include the parishes of Hornindal, Davik, Eid, Stårheim, Rugsund, and Ålfoten.  This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Eid clerical district include the parishes o  f Eid, Stårheim and Hornindal.  This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library; aswell as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1845 folketelling for Eid prestegjeld (Sogn og Fjordane). The 1845 census for Eid clerical district include the parishes of Eid, Hornindal and Stårheim.  This census is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Eid clerical district include the parishes of Eid, Hornindal and Stårheim. This census is available on microfilm at the Family History 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. The 1875 census for Eid clerical district include the parishes of Eid andStråheim; and is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * Folketælling for Norge 1891 at Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Eid clerical district include the parishes of Eid and Stråheim; and 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.


 * Folkettellingen for Norge, 1 Dec. 1910. The 1910 census for Eid is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)  as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Os, Edvard, Eid og Horningdal, Oslo : Utgåva av Eid herad og Hornindal herad, 1953. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Eid and Hornindal in Nordfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county. FHL 948.34/E1 D2o A farm name index to this book 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:

60 Aasebøen, 59 Aasebøstølen, 37 Aasen, 12 Aashammer, 50 Alsaaker 33 Balsnes, 23 Bjørhovde, 7 Bjørlo  29 Dalsæter  43 Eid Præstegaard, 31 Engeland, 28 Espe  45 Gjerde, 22 Grøthaugen  34 Halsteinsliden, 36 Haugene, 38 Haugland, 51 Hildenes, 52 Hjelle, 24 Hjelmeland, 25 Hjelmelandsbakken, 16 Hundeidet indre, 18 Hundvik  5 Kviene  49 Langeland, 56 Levdal, 40 Lid øvre, 35 Liden, 58 Lindvik, 19 Løken  55 Moen, 44 Myklebostad, 47 Myroldhaug  20 Naustdal, 2 Nes, 3 Nesbakken, 27 Nesbakken, 4 Nor, 6 Nornes  11 Os, 46 Osnes  35 Perliden  54 Reinene, 53 Rindal, 8 Roti, 9 Rotihaugen, 21 Rysten  39 Seljebakkene, 35 Sjursliden, 42 Skaarhaug indre, 1 Skausæter, 10 Skipenes, 30 Smørdal, 48 Stokkenes, 15 Sætre, 32 Sævland  13 Taklo, 14 Taklostranden, 26 Tjørstad  57 Vevik

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

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