Saude (Sauda) Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Rogaland  County &gt; Sand

Church Records
There are records for Sauda 1778 to 1916 at the Family History Library. Sauda was separated from Suldal clerical district in 1858. Earlier church records for Sauda parish were lost in a fire in 1794. Sauda is now in Sand clerical district.

Digital images of the church books are available at Digitalarkivet.


 * Suldal / Sauda: 1780-1838


 * Sand / Sauda: 1838-1928

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 This census was taken by the local parish priests. 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. A database of this census is available at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1701: The census of 1701 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. Also includes the residence of all unmarried males living away from home when the census was taken.Mantallet (Census) 1701 for Stavanger Amt (Rogaland County)

Probate Records
Probate records for the years 1666-1795 are in the combined Ryfylke and Karmsund judicial districts in Rogaland county.

For 1786-1876 the records are in the Ryfylke judicial district.

The clerical probates are found in Ryfylke deanery in Rogaland county, Norway. They are for the years 1786-1807.

Farm Books
A genealogy of the people and their farms in Sauda. Lillehammer, Arnvid, "Soga om Sauda," Sauda : Sauda kommune, 1973-. 948.31/S7 D2L 3 vols. FHL INTL Book

Index to: "Soga om Sauda" (v. 1 and 2 Gardar og ætter) / Arnvid Lillehammer. or (alternate title) "Sauda: personregister til Sauda gardar og ætter". Waula, Jørg Eirik, "Sauda gardar og ætter personregister," Stavanger, Norway: Rogaland Historie og Ættesogelag, 1995. 948.31/S7 D2L v. 1&2 index FHL INTL Book