Davik Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Church records for Davik clerical district contain the parish registers from the parishes Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten. They were separated from Eid clerical district in 1740.

Microfilm at the contain the records, 1710-1929.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet.

Davik: 1710-1881

Davik / Davik: 1866-1911

Davik / Midtgulen: 1903-1928

Davik / Rugsund: 1866-1930

Davik / Ålfoten: 1866-1919

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1701 see Eid, Sogn og Fjordane clerical district.


 * Tax-list (Manntall) 1701 : Aalfod, Davig &amp; Rugsund parishes. The 1701 tax-list include the parishes of Ålfoten, Davik and Rugsund.  This census include male member only is available at the Family History Library in book form.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The1801 census for Davik clerical district include the parishes of Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten.  It is available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives).


 * Davik clerical district, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway : index to farms and persons in the 1801 census include the parishes Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten and is available at the Family History Library in book form.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Davik clerical district include the parishes of Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten.  This census 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 Davik clerical district include the parishes of Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten.  This census is available on microfilm at the FamilyHistory Library.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Davik clerical district include the parishes of Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten.  This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library; as well as at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Davik is available online at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Aaland, Jacob, Davik, Sandane : Utgjeve av ei nemnd, 1939. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Davik in Nordfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county. FHL 948.34/D1 D2a 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:

46 Aardal 19 Aasene 39 Berstad 42 Bugjerdet 16 Davik Præstegaard[ ] 15 Daviken indre 17 Daviken ytre 23 Davikneset 14 Dombestein 41 Eikaas 22 Ekornbakken 25 Endal 35 Ervik 36 Erviksæteren 31 Etterdal 34 Gildalen 37 Gjelhammer 18 Hamrene 40 Hatlegjerdet 33 Haus 21 Hausle 45 Homborstad 44 Hornet 38 Kjøllesdal 29 Levdal 27 Levdalsbakken 28 Levdalshjellen 26 Levdalsneset 20 Liden 30 Midgjeld 45 Navestølen 32 Ravnefjeld 49 Reksnes indre 43 Sundalen 47 Tømmerstølen 24 Uglen

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

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