Aurland Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Aurland clerical district contains the parish registers from the parishes Vangen, Flåm, Nærøy, and Undredal in Aurland clerical district. Undredal parish was divided in 1855 to two parishes Undredal and Nærøy.

The has microfilm copies of these records, 1716-1929.


 * Digital images of parish records are online for Aurland, Vangen, Flåm, Nærøy, and Undredal


 * Aurland Clerical District: 1716-1981

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666.  The 1664-1666 census for Aurland clerical district was kept by the local civil authorities and included the parishes of Aurland, Vangen, Undredal, Flåm and Nærøy.   This census is available on the Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 census for Aurland clerical district was kept by the parish priest and include the parishes of Aurland, Undredal, Vangen and Flåm.  This census is available on the Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701. The 1701 census for Aurland clerical district is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Aurland clerical district include tha parishes of Aurland, Vangen, Flåm, Nærøy and Undredal, and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.  It is also available onlin at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Aurland clerical district include the parishes of Aurland, Vangen, Flåm, Nærøy and Undredal, and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch 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 Aurland clerical district include the parishes of Aurland, Vangen, Flåm, Nærøy and Undredal, and is available on Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge 1891. The 1891 census for Aurland clerical district include the parishes of Aurland, Vangen, Flåm, Nærøy and Undredal, and is available on Digitalarkivet.
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Aurland clerical district include the parishes of Aurland, Vangen, Flåm, Nærøy and Undredal.  This census is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library; as well as at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The1910 census for Aurland is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archvies); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
57 Breisnes, 50 Hjellum, 56 Horten, 54 Kappedal, 55 Nedberge, 53 Stegemark, 52 Stokke-Ødegaarden, 51 Undredal

Aurland bygdebok Undredal og Nærøy: Aksnes, Arnehus, Bakka, Breisnes, Drægo, Dyrdal, Gudvangen, Hemri, Hjøllo, Horten, Hylland, Kappadal, Morki, Nedbergo, Ramsøy, Skjerpi, Solbjørgo, Stigen, Stokko, Styvi, Tufto, Undredal.

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

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