Kirkebøker, Vest-Agder
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Vest-Agder kirkebøker - parish records
About this list:
I have compiled the information on this list from
the LDS
Family History Library Catalog as well as from information from the
web site of the Norwegian National
Archives. It contains a list of the parish records - kirkebøker
- from Vest-Agder that have been microfilmed. Parish records that have
not been microfilmed are not included in this list, and these parish records
can only be viewed at the Norwegian State Archive if they are more than
60 years old.
I have translated the word prestegjeld
as "clerical district" and the word sokn as "parish". This is the
convention used in the LDS Family History Catalog.
Undal (Audnedal)
The old Undal (Audnedal) clerical district was divided in two by royal
proclamation on 10 July 1844. The parishes of Vigmostad and Konsmo became
the new Nord-Audnedal (Nordre Undal) clerical district,
while the parishes Valle and Spangereid formed the new Sør-Audnedal
clerical district. The LDS Family History Catalog does not have a
separate entry for the old Undal (Audnedal) clerical district, but instead
has the parish records listed under Nord-Audnedal (Nordre
Undal) clerical district and Sør-Audnedal
clerical district, respectively.
Austad
Austad parish is part of Lyngdal clerical district.
Bakke
Bakke parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1724
- 1927. Bakke clerical district consisted of the following parishes:
Bakke, Gyland (until 1893), Øvre Sirdal (Lunde) and Tonstad. They
were separated out from the combined Lund clerical district in Rogaland
county in 1741.
In 1854 the parishes Øvre Sirdal and
Tonstad were separated out from Bakke clerical district to form Sirdal
(Tonstad) clerical district.
Bjelland
Bjelland parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1727 - 1924. Bjelland clerical district consists of the following
parishes: Bjelland, Grindheim (Grindum) (until 1900), Finsland, and Åseral
(until 1858). In 1858 the parish of Åseral was separated out
to form the new Åseral clerical district.
Eiken (Egen)
Eiken (Egen) parish is part of Hægebostad
clerical district.
Farsund
The first church in Farsund was built in 1785. Farsund was part of Lista
(Vanse) clerical district until 04 January 1948, when the city of Farsund
parish and Farsund rural parish were separated out to form Farsund clerical
district.
Note: All parish records from Farsund are
listed in the LDS Family History Center catalog under Lista
(Vanse) clerical district.
Feda
Feda is a parish in Kvinesdal clerical district. When the original
Kvinesdal clerical district was divided in 1753 into
Øvre Kvinesdal clerical district and Nedre Kvinesdal clerical district,
Feda parish was transferred to the newly created Nedre Kvinesdal clerical
district. In 1841 the name of this clerical district was changed
to Kvinesdal clerical district. Information
about parish records for Feda are found under
Kvinesdal
clerical district.
Finsland
Finsland parish was part of Bjelland clerical district
until this clerical district was closed down in 1969. Finsland parish
was then transferred to Søgne clerical district.
Note: All parish records from Finsland are
listed in the LDS Family History Center catalog under Bjelland
clerical district.
Fjotland
Fjotland parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1710-1924. Fjotland clerical district consists of the following parishes:
Fjotland parish. It was annexed to Kvinesdal (Nedre
Kvinesdal) clerical district until 1753, Hægebostad
(Øvre Kvinesdal) clerical district from 1753 to 1841 and back to
Kvinesdal clerical district from 1841 to 1857.
In 1857 it became its own clerical district. By royal proclamation
on 06 December 1873 the farm Knabeneset was transferred from Fjotland parish
to Tonstad parish in Sirdal (Tonstad) clerical district.
By royal proclamation on 06 December 1902, the farms Knabeneset, Salmeli,
Solhom and Homstøl were transferred from Tonstad parish in Sirdal
(Tonstad) clerical district to Fjotland parish.
Flekkefjord
Flekkefjord parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1724-1931. Flekkefjord clerical district consists of the following
parishes: Nes with Flekkefjord city and Hidra (Hitterø). Nes
and Flekkefjord were separated out from Lund clerical district in Rogaland
county and Hidra from Sokndal clerical district in Rogaland county in 1820.
Note: Flekkefjord also had a dissenter
congregation: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Flekkefjord
Branch. Congregation records are available on microfilm for the time
period 1899 - 1904
Greipstad
Greipstad parish was part of Oddernes clerical
district until 1604. In that year the parishes of Søgne and
Greipstad were separated out to form Søgne
clerical district. Information about parish records from Greipstad
parish is listed under Søgne clerical district
Grindheim
Grindheim parish belonged to Bjelland clerical district until this clerical
district was closed down in 1969. Grindheim parish was then transferred
to Nord-Audnedal clerical district. Information
about parish records from Grindheim parish is listed under Bjelland
clerical district
Gyland
The parishes of Bakke, Gyland and Tonstad were by royal proclamation on
03 February 1741 separated out from Lund clerical district in Rogaland
county to create Bakke clerical district. By
royal proclamation on 25 February 1854, Tonstad parish was separated out
from Bakke clerical district to form its own clerical district called Sirdal
(Tonstad) clerical district. Information about Gyland parish records
is listed under
Bakke clerical district
Halse (Halsaa)
Halse (Halsaa) parish is part of Mandal clerical district. Information
about Halse (Halsaa) parish records is listed under Mandal
clerical district.
Hartmark
Hartmark parish was until 1788 part of Holum clerical
district. When this clerical district was divided by royal proclamation
on 26 September 1788, the parishes of Halse, Mandal and Hartmark formed
a new Mandal clerical district. Information about
Hartmark parish records is listed under Mandal clerical
district.
Herad
Herad parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1692
- 1893. Herad clerical district consists of the following parishes:
Herad (Herred) and Spind. They were separated from Lista
(Vanse) clerical district in 1828.
Hidra
Hidra parish was part of Sokndal clerical district in Rogaland fylke
(county) until 1820. By royal proclamation on 31 January 1820, Hidra parish
was transferred to Flekkefjord clerical district.
Information about Hildra parish records is found under Sokndal clerical
district in Rogaland
fylke (county) and Flekkefjord
clerical district.
Note: A typewritten extract of the church
records of Hidra parish for the time period 1729 - 1740 has been made by
Ola Aurenes. Information about this extract is included in the LDS
Family History Center Catalog.
Holum
Holum parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1720-1926.
Holum clerical district consists of the following parishes: Holum (Holme),
Øyslebø (Oislebø) and Laudal. Prior to 26 September
1788 this clerical district also included the parishes Halse, Mandal and
Hartmark which were separated out to become Mandal
clerical district. The farm Østre Kjær was on 21 January
1855 transferred from Holum parish to Øyslebø parish.
Hægebostad
Hægebostad parish records are available on microfilm for the time
period 1710 - 1907. Hægebostad clerical district consists of
the following parishes: Hægebostad (Øvre Kvinesdal), Eiken
(Egen) and Fjotland (until 1841). These three parishes were separated from
the combined
Liknes (Kvinesdal) clerical district
in 1753, to form Øvre Kvinesdal clerical district. (The name
was changed to Hægebostad clerical district in 1841).
In 1841 Fjotland parish was transferred to
Kvinesdal
(Nedre Kvinesdal) clerical district, but in 1857 this parish was separated
out from Kvinesdal (Nedre Kvinesdal) clerical
district to become became Fjotland clerical district.
Hægeland
Hægeland parish belonged to Oddernes clerical
district until 1645 when the parishes of Oddernes, Øvrebø,
Vennesla and Hægeland were transferred to Kristiansand
clerical district. By royal proclamation on 05 April 1704 the parishes
of Oddernes with Øvrebø, Vennesla and Hægeland were
separated out from Kristiansand clerical district
to form Oddernes clerical district. By royal
proclamation on 01 November 1805 the parishes of Øvrebø,
Vennesla and Hægeland were separated out from Oddernes clerical districtrict
to form Øvrebø clerical district.
A royal proclamation on 22 June 1905 decided that Vennesla parish should
become the main parish in this clerical district as soon as the Øvrebø
vicarage (parsonage) could be sold. Øvrebø clerical
district was then renamed Vennesla clerical district.
The LDS Family History Library Catalog lists information about Hægeland
parish records under Vennesla clerical district.
Konsmo
The old Undal (Audnedal) clerical district was divided
in two by royal proclamation on 10 July 1844. The parishes of Vigmostad
and Konsmo became the new Nord-Audnedal (Nordre Undal)
clerical
district. The LDS Family History Library Catalog lists information
about Konsmo parish records under
Nord-Audnedal (Nordre
Undal) clerical district.
Kristiansand
Kristiansand parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1734 - 1933. Kristiansand clerical district consists of the following
parishes: Kristiansands Cathedral church. The city of Kristiansand
was established in 1641, and until 1645 the city belonged to Oddernes
clerical district, but in that year a church was built in Kristiansand,
and the city parish then became the main parish in the clerical district
which was renamed Kristiansand clerical district. The other parishes
in this clerical district were Oddernes, Øvrebø, Vennesla
and Hægeland.
By royal proclamation on 05 April 1704, the
parishes of Oddernes, Øvrebø, Vennesla and Hægeland
were separated out from Kristiandsand clerical district to form Oddernes
clerical district. One century later, by royal proclamation on 01
November 1805, Oddernes parish was transferred back to Kristiansand clerical
district. This lasted only 25 years, because a royal proclamation
on 16 September 1825, once again transferred Oddernes parish out from Kristiansand
clerical district to Oddernes clerical district.
(In the same proclamation, the parishes of Øvrebø, Vennesla
and Hægeland were separated out from Oddernes clerical district to
create Øvrebø clerical district, which was later renamed
Vennesla
clerical district.)
Note 1. See also Kristiansand
Tukthus parish
Note 2. The earliest church records
for Kristiansand were lost when the city burned in May of 1734, however
some marriages and burials can be found in "Norsk slektshistorisk tidsskrift
IV", 1934, pages 52-72.
Note 3. The LDS Family History Library
Catalog lists information about parish records for the parishes of Øverbø,
Vennesla and Hægeland are listed under Vennesla
clerical district. Information about the parish records for Oddernes
and Randesund under Oddernes clerical district.
Note 4. There were two dissenter congregations
in Kristiansand:
a) Den Katolske
Apostoliske Menighet. Congregation records are available on microfilm
for the time period 1896 - 1925
b) Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kristiansand Branch. Record of members
are available on microfilm for the time period 1856 - 1912.
Kristiansand
Tukthus
Kristiansand Tukthus parish records are available on microfilm for the
time period 1840 - 1875. (Kristiansand Tukthus was the penitentiary
in Kristiansand).
Kvås
Kvås parish belongs to Lyngdal clerical district.
Laudal
Laudal parish belonged to Holum clerical district
until 1970, when it was transferred to Marnardal clerical district along
with the parishes of Bjelland, Øyslebø and Laudal.
The LDS Family History Catalog lists information about Laudal parish recrods
under Holum clerical district.
Kvinesdal (Liknes)
Kvinesdal parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1710 - 1916. Kvinesdal clerical district consists of the following
parishes: Kvinesdal (Liknes) and Feda. The old combined Kvinesdal clerical
district was in 1753 divided into two clerical districts: 1) Nedre Kvinesdal
(which is now called Kvinesdal) with the parishes Liknes and Feda; and
2) Øvre Kvinesdal (which is now called Hægebostad)
with the parishes Hægebostad, Eiken and Fjotland.
In 1841 Nedre Kvinesdal clerical district
was renamed Kvinesdal clerical district, and in the same year Fjotland
parish was transferred back to Kvinesdal clerical district from Øvre
Kvinesdal clerical district.
In 1857 Fjotland parish was separated out
to become Fjotland clerical district, and in 1917
Liknes parish was renamed Kvinesdal parish.
Lista
Lista parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1691
- 1923. Lista clerical district consists of the following parishes:
Lista (Vanse), Farsund, Herad (Herred) until 1828 and Spind until 1828.
By royal proclamation on 29 January 1828, the parishes of Herad and Spind
were separated out to form the new Herad clerical
district.
Lyngdal (Å)
Lyngdal parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1727
- 1913. Lyngdal clerical district consists of the following parishes: Lyngdal
(Å), Austad and Kvås (Qvås). In 1908 Å parish
was renamed Lyngdal parish.
Mandal
Mandal parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1729
- 1931. Mandal clerical district consists of the following parishes:
Halse (Halsaa) with Mandal city and Harkmark. They were separated out from
Holum
clerical district in 1788.
For earlier parish records see Holum
clerical district
Nes
Nes parish and Flekkefjord parish originally belonged to Lund clerical
district. In 1820 these two parishes and Hidra parish from Sokndal
clerical district in Rogaland were separated out to form Flekkefjord
clerical district. For parish records from Nes see Flekkefjord
clerical district.
Nord Audnedal
Nord Audnedal parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1726 - 1931. The old Undal (Audnedal) clerical
district was divided in two by royal proclamation on 10 July 1844. The
parishes of Vigmostad and Konsmo became the new Nord-Audnedal (Nordre Undal)
clerical district, while the parishes Valle and Spangereid formed the new
Sør-Audnedal
clerical district. The LDS Family History Catalog does not have a
separate entry for the old
Undal (Audnedal) clerical
district, but instead has the parish records listed under Nord-Audnedal
(Nordre Undal) clerical district and Sør-Audnedal
clerical district, respectively.
Oddernes
Oddernes parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1692 - 1933. Oddernes clerical district consists of the following
parishes: Oddernes and Randesund. From 1645 until 1704 the
parishes of Oddernes, Øvrebø, Vennesla and Hægeland
belonged to Kristiansand clerical district,
but in that year these parishes were separated out to form Oddernes
clerical district.
By royal proclamation on 01 November 1805,
with an effective date of 1814, Oddernes parish was transferred back to
Kristiansand clerical district, and the parishes
Øverbø, Vennesla and Hægeland became Vennesla
(Øverbø) clerical district. (All parish records
for these the parishes Øverbø, Vennesla and Hægeland
are listed under Vennesla (Øverbø)
clerical district).
By royal proclamation on 16 August 1825 Oddernes
was separated out from Kristiansand clerical district to form Oddernes
clerical district again with the parishes Oddernes and Randesund.
Randesund parish was created by royal proclamation
on 31 August 1861, and Randesund church was buildt in 1864. The farms Øvre
Strømme, Hånes, Berhus, Øvre and Nedre Timenes were
in 1861 transferred from Tveit parish to Randesund parish. However,
baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials for persons from these
farms were listed in the Tveit parish records until the end of 1864.
In 1861 the farms Vatne, Ådnevig, Eftevåg, Grønnevoll
and Romstøl were transferred from Høvåg parish to Randesund
parish.
Note: The Klokkerbok (sexton copies of
the parish records) for the years 1808 - 1820 have been lost.
Randesund
Randesund parish belongs to Oddernes clerical district,
and information about parish records from Randesund are listed under that
clerical district. Randesund parish was created by royal proclamation
on 31 August 1861, and Randesund church was buildt in 1864. The farms Øvre
Strømme, Hånes, Berhus, Øvre and Nedre Timenes were
in 1861 transferred from Tveit parish to Randesund parish. However,
baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials for persons from these
farms were listed in the Tveit parish records until the end of 1864.
In 1861 the farms Vatne, Ådnevig, Eftevåg, Grønnevoll
and Romstøl were transferred from Høvåg parish to Randesund
parish.
Spangereid
Spangereid parish belonged to Undal (Audnedal) clerical
district until this clerical district was divided by royal proclamation
on 10 July 1844. Spangereid parish and Valle parish were then separated
out to form the new Søndre Undal (Sør-Audnedal)
clerical district. All parish records for Spangereid parish are listed
under Søndre Undal (Sør-Audnedal)
clerical district
Spind
The parishes of Spind and Herad belonged to Lista (Vanse)
clerical district until 1828. By royal proclamation on 29 January
1828 these two parishes were separated out from Lista (Vanse) clerical
district to form Herad clerical district.
All parish records for Spind parish are listed under Herad
clerical district.
Søgne
Søgne parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1716 - 1931. Søgne clerical district consists of the following
parishes: Søgne and Greipstad.
The parishes of Søgne and Greipstad
originally belonged to Oddernes clerical district
until 1604, when they were separated out to form Søgne clerical
district.
Note: The parish records for 1759 - 1770
have been lost.
Sør-Audnedal (Valle)
Sør-Audnedal (Valle) parish records are available on microfilm for
the time period 1726 - 1915. Sør-Audnedal (Valle)
clerical district consists of the following parishes: Valle and Spangereid.
They were separated from the combined Undal clerical
district in 1844.
Tonstad (Sirdal)
Tonstad parish belonged to Lund clerical district until 1741. In
that year the parishes of Bakke, Gyland and Tonstad were separated out
to form Bakke clerical district. In 1854 Bakke
clerical district was divided such that Sirdal (Tonstad) parish became
Tonstad (Sirdal) clerical district. By royal proclamation on 29 October
1847 Øvre Sirdal (Lunde) became an annex parish under Tonstad (Sirdal).
The farm Knabeneset was transferred by royal proclamation on 25 October
1873 from Fjotland parish in Fjotland clerical
district to Tonstad parish. However, by royal proclamation on 06
December 1902 the Knabeneset farm was transferred back to Fjotland parish
along with the farms Salmeli, Solhom and Homstøl.
Tveit
Tveit parish records are available on microfilm for the time period 1794
- 1914. Tveit clerical district consists of the following parishes:
Tveit parish. It also included Birkenes parish until 1905 when this parish
became its own clerical district and was transferred to Aust-Agder county.
By royal proclamation on 31 August 1861 the farms Øvre Strømme,
Hånes, Øvre Timenes and Nedre Timenes and Berhus were transferred
from Tveit parish to Randesund parish. However,
the parish records for Tveit continued to cover baptisms, confirmations,
marriages, and funerals for these farms until the end of 1864.
Vanse
Vanse parish is part of Lista clerical district.
Vennesla
Vennesla parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1741 - 1933. Vennesla clerical district consists of the following
parishes: Vennesla (Vennesland), Øvrebø and Hægeland
(Heggeland). These parishes belonged to Oddernes
clerical from 1704, which at that time also included Oddernes parish. In
1805 the parishes Vennesla (Vennesland), Øvrebø and Hægeland
(Heggeland) were separated out from Oddernes clerical district to form
Øvrebø clerical district, with Øverbø
as the
main parish. In 1905 it was decided that Vennesla was to become the main
parish in the clerical district, and the clerical district then changed
its name to Vennesla clerical district.
By royal proclamation on 06 December 1854,
the farm Skjervedal was transferred from Birkenes parish to Vennesla parish.
Vigmostad
Vigmostad parish is part of Nord-Audnedal clerical
district.
Øvre Sirdal (Lunde)
Øvre Sirdal (Lunde) parish was by royal proclamation on 29 October
1847 separated out from Tonstad parish to become its own parish in Tonstad
(Sirdal) clerical district. For information about parish records
from Øvre Sirdal (Lunde) see Tonstad (Sirdal)
clerical district.
Øvrebø
See Vennesla clerical district.
Øyslebø
Øyslebø parish is part of Holum clerical
district.
Åseral
Åseral parish records are available on microfilm for the time period
1727 - 1919. Åseral clerical district consists of the following
parishes: Åseral parish. This parish was separated out from
Bjelland clerical district in 1858 to form Åseral
clerical district.
Dissenter congregations in Vest-Agder:
Den Katolske Apostoliske menighet (Kristiansand)
Congregation records are available on microfilm for the time period 1896
- 1925.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
-
Kristiansand Branch: Record of members are available on microfilm for the
time period 1856 - 1912
-
Flekkefjord Branch: Record of members are available on microfilm for the
time period 1899 - 1904
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