Farsund Parish, Vest-Agder, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Contain priest and sexton records for Farsund parish. Farsund belonged to Lista (Vanse)] until 1948. Farsund city and parish became its own clerical district in 1947.  [[Spind, Norway|Spind parish was added to Farsund clerical district in 1968.

[https://media.digitalarkivet.no/kb/browse?parishes%5B%5D=1003B&start_year=&end_year=&text= Vanse / Farsund: 1784-1958. Farsund, Vanse / Farsund: Birth Index 1916-1950. Farsund / Farsund: Birth index 1943-1982. Vanse / Farsund: Birth index 1943-1982. Vanse / Farsund: Marriage index: 1943-1945. Vanse / Farsund, Vanse: 1768-1794. Vanse / Farsund, Herad, Spind, Vanse: 1800-1815].

Census Records
This census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666 Lista clerical district


 * 1663-1666: Manntall 1663-66 for Lister prosti II Database at Digitalarkivet.

This census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1664-1666: Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666 Lista clerical district


 * 1664-1666 Manntall 1663-66 for Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 10: Lista len at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)

The 1801 census (b. 35) for Lista clerical district includes Lista, and Farsund parishes. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1801: Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge Lista clerical district


 * 1801: 1801-telling for 1041 Vandsøe at Digitalarkivet.

This census 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865 Lista clerical district


 * 1865 census for Farsund (Vest-Agder) Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

This 1875 census contains the persons name, residence, 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1875: Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875 Lista clerical district


 * 1875 census for Farsund/Vanse (Vest-Agder) Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1885: 1885-teljinga for 1003 Farsund Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1891 census for Farsund (Vest-Agder) 1891-teljinga for 1003 Farsund Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

This census 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. Original manuscripts on microfilm.


 * 1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900 Lista clerical district


 * 1900 census for Farsund (Vest-Agder) Digitalarkivet. (Digital Archives) 


 * 1910: Folketellingen 1910 Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:  2 Eigerø, 2 Eigvaag, 2 Huseby, 2 Salthaug, 1 Sunde

Probate Records
Lister og Lyngdal *1666-1889 Family History Library *1666-1810 Digitalarkivet

Lyngdal judical district *1810-1910 Digitalarkivet

Lista deanery *1804-1834 Family History Library *1804-1834 Digitalarkivet