Riska (Riskekvernen) Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Books

 * Contain priest and sexton records from the parishes . They were separated from the combined Stavanger clerical district in 1849. Earlier church records are in the Cathedral church parish (Domkirken) in Stavanger city. Riskekverven (Riska) was separated from Frue and became its own parish in 1877.


 * for Stavanger including Hetland and Randaberg. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records
See Stavanger and Hetland

Probate Records
For 1666-1822 the probates are found in Jæren og Dalane judicial district. For 1823-1882 they are found in Jæren judicial district. The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Jæren deanery. `

Availability
Jæren og Dalane judicial district *1666-1822 *1667-1860 Digitalarkivet *1666-1815 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Jæren judicial district *1763-1821 Family History Library *1859-1896 Digitalarkivet.

Jæren deanery *1763-1821 Clerical probate records Family History Library *1763-1821 Digitalarkivet.

Farm Book
Farm histories of Riska, Rogaland co., Norway with vital information on residents of the farms. Smith, Eivind, Sandnes: Sandnes Kommune, c1993. 948.31/R3 D2s FHL INTL Book

Stavanger, Norway: Rogaland Historie og Ættesogelag, 1996. 948.31/R3 D2s index FHL INTL Book

A history of the farms Laurvåsen and Eltervåg in Riska, Rogaland, Norway. Includes some genealogy. , Flekkefjord : S. Bern. Hegland A/S, 1983. 948.31/R3 H2v FHL INTL Book

Farm Names
39 Bjelland, 37 Bjørkeli 34 Eltrevaag  34 Flaaden, 38 Frøiland  34 Galtevigen, 43 Graven  33 Hammeren, 36 Hetland, 41 Hogstad nordre, 37 Hommersaag, 42 Hovland  44 Jødestad  33 Lauvaasen  46 Li  35 Mauland, 40 Mæland  45 Riske  43 Skjørestad, 33 Slaattebakken, 45 Slaatten  34 Tingholmen  32 Usken  33 Vaagen

Riska: Gardar og tettstad:

Bjelland: Kalvakheiå, Merland,

Dale: Egrå, Hodl

Eltarvåg: Danmark, Galtavigjå, Hodl, Maudland, Myrå (Stemmen), Naustervigjå, Rese, Slettå, Teistholmane- Stølsvigjå, Tingholmen, Vier,

Frøland: Auglend, Foren, Gjertrudstykkjet, Høvringstykkjet, Ljøde, Raskastykjet, Rudlå,  Teinebekkholå, Vodl, Garden: Aslakstykkjet, Gaulekstykkjet, Grytvigjå, Heiå, Kyrkjevodl, Li,

Haualand: Henrikgarden,

Hetland: Danegrå, Der borte, Der ude, Heiå, Maraholå, Røyrmyr,

Hogstad: Bergjurå, Gitleplasset, Gjerdeheiå, Heiå, Lunden (Lo'en"), Olaplasset, Steinane, Tomsagarden, Vestergård,

Hommarsåk: Andreasgarden, Breivigjå, Bygnå, Hagjen(Gonelhagjen), Kjeisargarden, Klokkarjordå, Leite (ObbSletten), Tjødnamyrå, Ullsnes, Vågjen, Øykhagjen, Jødestad: Pergarden, Ribbå, Finnavodl, Olagarden,

Lauås: Eikebergheiå, Hammaren, Holland, Kjelaparten, Lauvåsvågen, Longebakkjen, Longebakkjen, Olaparten, Peraparten, Slåttebakkjen,

Riska:  Der sør, Egrå (Hedlevodl), Eskjemyrå, Luffene, Nere sine, Skjøerstadstykkjet (Øvregård), Slåttå, Storåkeren, Vodl,

Skjørestad: Bakkjen, Der sør, Der nord, Bakkjen, Hagjen,

Uskjo: Der Nord, Hallvarsbruket, Hallvarsbruket, Maglastykkje, Sørvik,