Årdal Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Årdal clerical district contains the parish registers from the parish of Årdal. It was separated from Lærdal clerical district in 1863. The Family History Library has microfilm of the

For earlier records see Lærdal clerical district.

Årdal clerical district 1834-1939

Årdal parish 1711-1834

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1801 see Lærdal clerical district.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Årdal clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegia Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Årdal clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library, and online at Digital Archives


 * 1891 census for Årdal Digital Archives


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Årdal clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910 The 1910 census for Årdal (Aardal) clerical district) is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Ve, Søren and Krossen, Dagfinn, Bygdebok for Årdal, Årdal : Utgjeven av Årdal kommune, 1971-. A cultural history of Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway and a genealogy of the people and their farms. FHL 948.34/A1 H2v A farm name index to volume 3 is found in the following link.

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

22 Aabøle, 4 Aardalstangen med Tolsgaarden, 28 Aarebru, 14 Afdalen, 29 Aspreim26 Brekken30 Dalaakre17 Haugene, 8 Hellegaard med Ødegaarden, 16 Hestetun, 12 Hjelle, 21 Holsæter, 3 Hovland, 27 Hæreid31 Javnaakre6 Lægreid17 Midtun, 10 Moen, 1 Muggeteigen, 20 Mæleim2 Natviken, 25 Nondal vestre, 23 Nondal østre<BR><BR>33 Ofredal øvre<BR><BR>5 Præstegaarden<BR><BR>32 Røisene<BR><BR>32 Seim, 7 Stedjene, 11 Svaleim<BR><BR>24 Torpen<BR><BR>9 Ve, 13 Vetti, 13 Vettismorken, 15 Volddal, 17 Voldene<BR><BR>19 Øfsttun, 18 Øren.<BR>

Probate Records
1666-1876: Probates may be found in Indre Sogn judicial district.

1766-1810: Clerical probates may be found in Sogn Deanery.