Klepp Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Records for begin in 1787. They contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Klepp, Orre and Bore. The earlier church records were burned in 1784 and 1793. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


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


 * Records of the in Klepp and Stavanger from 1859 to 1903. Includes lists of members, births and deaths.

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Clerical Census: This census was taken by the local parish priests. It covers Klepp and is available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. 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. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1664-1666 Civil Census: This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It covers Klepp and is available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. 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. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1701 Manntall: The 1701 tax census for Klepp is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. May also include the residence of a male servant if he came from a different clerical district.


 * 1801: The 1801 census for Klepp clerical district includes Klepp, Orre, and Bore parishes and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1865: The 1865 census for Klepp is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, marital status, place of birth, age, 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. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Klepp is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, 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. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Klepp is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Klepp is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, sex, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, marital status, occupation, year of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Klepp is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Court Records
The court records contain reports of civil and criminal actions, including the allodial rights, a system of ownership by which an owner has all rights associated with possessing a property. You will find names, dates, places, and relationships in these records. The records have no indexes, and therefore require time to study. They are excellent sources for genealogical research and at times you can find entire families through several generations. These records must be used in conjunction with the mortgage records, probate records, or other records.

Court records at the Family History Library, 1613-1701

These records are for Jæren and Dalane judicial districts which include these places: Hetland (Frue), Høyland, Klepp, Time (Lye), Håland, Ogna, Sandnes, Helleland, Egersund, Lund, Sokndal, Heskestad, Hå, Bjerkreim, Randaberg, Sola, Madla, Varhaug, Nærbø, and Gjestal in Rogaland county.

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.

Klepp police station *1910-1932 death protocol Digitalarkivet

Farm Book
Brunes, Erling and Øvregård, Andreas,, Stavanger, Norway: Utgjeve ved Klepp kommune, 1963 948.31/K1 D2b FHL Intl Book A genealogy of the people and the farms they lived on in Klepp in Rogaland county with some history of the area. A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Index to Klepp gards- og ættesoga gjenom 400 år byWaula, Jørg Eirik Waula,, Stavanger, Norway: Rogaland Historie og Ættesogelag, 1996. 948.31/K1 D2b index FHL INTL Book

Brunes, Erling, Klepp, Stavanger, 1964. An alphabetical list of the farms in Klepp in Rogaland county with the names of the people living on them as listed in the 1900 and 1960 censuses. FHL 948.31/K1 X28b A PDF version of the farms is found at this link.

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows: 14 Anda, 10 Engelsvold  13 Fjogstad, 24 Fristad,  3 Grude  23 Haaland vestre, 2 Haaland østre, 11 Hatteland, 19 Hauge, 1 Haugebakke, 18 Hesthaug, 1 Holen, 27 Horpestad øvre,  26 Katteland, 1 Kleppe, 21 Kregene,  15 Laland,  5 Mæland  25 Nese, 21 Nordbraud,  9 Orstad  23 Præstegaarden,  12 Risjell, 24 Rævhaug,  23 Solbrek, 6 Stangeland, 4 Storhaug, 20 Svartholen, 16 Særeim, 20 Sørbraud, 22 Sørbø øvre,  18 Tjøtte, 17 Tu,  7 Vaule  7 Øksnevad nedre