Lårdal Parish, Telemark, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Lårdal clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Lårdal, Eidsborg and Høydalsmo. Included Øyfjell parish until 1859 when it was annexed to Rauland clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Lårdal: 1721-1814, 1861-1886, 1919-1969

Lårdal / Eidsborg: 1815-1920

Lårdal / Høydalsmo: 1815-1906

Lårdal / Lårdal: 1815-1861, 1887-1918

Rauland / Øyfjell: 1815-1937

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Øvre og Nedre Telemarken fogderi b. 6 was forLaardal (Lårdal) clerical district and included Høidalsmo (Høydalsmo) parish, Eidsborg annex and Øifjeld (Øyfjell)annex. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library on Film 122978 Item 1

Scanned images are online at Digitalarkivet, Øvre Telemark fogderi, Nedre Telemark fogderi, Bamble fogderi, Manntall 6, 1664. Digitalarkivet also has an online database, Manntall 1663-66 for Bamle, Øvre og Nedre Telemark.


 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall. This census was taken by the local parish priests. Øvre og Nedre Telemarken prosti b. 12 was forLaardal (Lårdal) clerical district and included Høidalsmo (Høydalsmo) parish, Eidsborg annex and Øifjeld (Øyfjell)annex. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library on Film 122968 Item 5

Scanned images are online at Digitalarkivet, Øvre Telemark prosti, Nedre Telemark prosti, Bamble prosti, Manntall 12, 1664 - 1666.


 * 1782 Census A searchable database is online at Digitalarkivet, Folketeljinga for Lårdal 1782.


 * 1801 Census The 1801 census for Lårdal clerical district includes Lårdal, Eidsborg, Høydalsmo, and Øyfjell parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122998 Item 3. A searchable database is online at Digitalarkivet. 1801-telling for 0833 Laurdal


 * 1865 Census The 1865 census for Lårdal clerical district includes Lårdal, Eidsborg, and Høydalsmo parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123161tem 3. A searchable database is online at Digitalarkivet. 1865-telling for 0833 Laurdal


 * 1875 Census The 1875 census for Lårdal clerical district includes Lårdal, Eidsborg, and Høydalsmo parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 255729 Item 1.


 * 1891 Census 1891-tellingen for Lårdal herred is online as a database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1900 Census The 1900 census for Lårdal clerical district includes Lårdal, Eidsborg, and Høydalsmo parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 275274. A searchable database is online at Digitalarkivet. 1900-telling for 0833 Laardal


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Farm Names
20 Aakeren 17 Aalandsli 11 Aske 19 Bjaaland  21 Eik  1 Flekstveit  9 Gjuve  14 Haatveit nordre 13 Haatveit søndre med Kovejord 16 Hegtveit vestre 18 Homme nordre 9 Honstølheien  13 Kjærret 12 Kvaalo  6 Lunde 5 Lundeberg  17 Mæland  8 Sending 10 Skatter 4 Skjelbrei nordre  2 Triset 7 Tveito

Probate Records
Øvre Telemark judicial district *1665-1866 Family History Library

Øvre Telemark østfjelske judicial district *1668-1845 Digitalarkivet

Øvre Telemark vestfjelske judicial district *1665-1850 Digitalarkivet

Øvre Telemark deanery *1753-1817 Family History Library *1707-1817 Digitalarkivet