Førde Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Førde clerical district contains the parish registers from the parishes Førde, Naustdal (Nøssedal), Holsen with Haukedal chapel, and Vevring (Vefring).

Microfilm at the covers the years 1720-1924. The library also has and typewritten.

The Family History Library has a microfilm copy of the private genealogical collection of. It includes an extraction of Førde church book #4 for the years 1781 to 1802, registers of the farms and the people living on them from 1565 to 1936 in the parishes Førde, Holsen, Naustdal, and Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane county. The registers of the farms contains names, position in family, birth &amp; death dates, sources where information was found, and other miscellaneous information.

Digital images of the church records are online at Digitalarkivet.

Digital images of parish records are online for Førde, Holsen, Naustdal, and Aurland at Digitalarkivet.


 * Førde Clerical District: 1720-1979

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Førde clerical district include the parishes of Naustdal, Førde, Holsen and Vevring.  This census 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 forFørde clerical district include the parishes of Førde, Vevring, Holsen and Naustdal.  This census is available 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 Førde clerical district incllude  the parishes of Førde, Vevring, Naustdal and Holsen.  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 Førde clerical district include the parishes of Førde, Naustdal, Holsen and Vevring.  This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online 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 Førde clerical district include the parishes of Førde, Holsen, Vevring and Naustdal.  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.
 * 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 Førde clerical district include the parishes of Førde, Vevring and Naustdal and is available at the Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge 1891 at 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 Førde clerical district include the parishes of Førde, Naustdal and Vevring and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This is available at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


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

Farm Books
Førsund, Finn Borgen, Førde bygdebok : gardssoge og soga om folket, Førde : Førde Kommune, 1990-1992. A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Førde, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway. Includes an expanded index. FS Library 948.34/F3f Farm name indexes to volumes 1 and 2 are found in the following links. ,

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows: 49 Aasen, 32 Angedalen16 Bakken, 51 Birkeflaat, 34 Botnen, 31 Bruget, 60 Bruland57 Digrenes30 Eikeland, 17 Erdalen, 18 Erdalsdalen, 56 Etrelien44 Farsund, 40 Flugedalen, 19 Fossen, 26 Furebøen, 22 Førde Præstegaard21 Gravalsberget, 63 Gravdalen, 37 Grimeland, 38 Grimelandslien61 Hafstad, 59 Hagen, 62 Halbrend, 35 Haugen, 24 Hjelle, 20 Hornes, 21 Hundvebakken33 Indrebøen<BR><BR>50 Kinnen, 64 Kirketeigen, 21 Kirkevolden, 15 Klopstad, 21 Klovet, 46 Kuslien, 29 Kvaal, 41 Kvamme, 39 Kvamsaas<BR><BR>21 Leirflaten, 52 Lien<BR><BR>55 Masdalen, 47 Mo<BR><BR>36 Pladset<BR><BR>25 Ramstad, 53 Refsdalen, 16 Rotenes<BR><BR>21 Sjøahaalen, 21 Skei, 21 Skorpen, 28 Slaatten indre, 23 Slaatten ytre, 45 Soleim, 48 Stevold, 58 Sunde<BR><BR>42 Tevre, 27 Tjønneland<BR><BR>54 Ullebostad, 65 Ultangen<BR><BR>43 Vie, 21 Volden<BR>

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

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