Hommedal Parish, Aust-Agder, Norway Genealogy

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Church Records
Microfilm at the for Hommedal prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains priest and sexton records for the parishes Landvik and Eide in Hommedal clerical district. Included Herefoss parish until 1875 when it became Herefoss clerical district. Parish registers from 1690-1929.

Digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet [Digital Archives]

Hommedal: 1910-1918, Banns register

Hommedal/Eide: 1690-1860, 1863-1908

Hommedal/Herefoss: 1690-1738, 1740-1886.

Hommedal/Landvik: 1690-1897, 1905-1929.

Census Records
1660: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666.  This census for Hommedal prestegjeld (cleircal district) is available on microfilm at the Family History Libraryand include the parishes of Landvik, Herefoss, Eide, and Hommedal. 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. 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.

Probate Records
1640-1824 Probate records are kept in Nedenes judicial district.

1826-1879 Probate records are kept in Sand judicial district.