Forsand (Fossan) Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Rogaland  County &gt; Forsand

Church Records
Forsand (Fossan) is now in Høgsfjord clerical district. Høle and Forsand (Fossan) belonged to Strand clerical district until 1864. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet.

Høgsfjord / Forsand: 1854-1917

Strand: 1702-1816, 1855-1920

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census - Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666 Microfilm

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.

1663-1666 Census for Stavanger district Database


 * 1701 Census - Manntall 1701 Microfilm

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. May also include the residence of a male servant if he came from a different clerical district.

Manntallet 1701 for Stavanger amt Database


 * 1801 Census - Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801 Microfilm

The 1801 census (b. 38) for Strand clerical district includes Strand and Høle parishes. It lists the farm name, person's name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation.

1801-telling for Strand Database


 * 1865 Census - Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865 Høgsfjord Microfilm

This census contains the persons name, residence, status in the family, occupation, sex, martial status, place of birth, age, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information. Each book usually contains one clerical district (prestegjeld). In some books there are two clerical districts recorded. The parishes and school districts in each clerical district are listed at the beginning of each book.

1865-telling for Høgsfjord Database


 * 1875 Census - Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875 Høgsfjord Microfilm

This 1875 census contains the persons name, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, occupation, sex, marital status, year of birth, place of birth, religion if not a member of the state church, and other miscellaneous information

1875-teljinga for Fossan sokn i Høgsfjord prestegjeld Database


 * 1900 Census - Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900 Høgsfjord Microfilm

This census contains the persons name, sex, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, marital status, occupation, year of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information.

1900-telling for Fossan Database


 * 1910 Census Countdown

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
Engen, Sigleif, "Forsandboka", Forsand: Utgeve av Forsand kommune, 1981-1989. 4 vols. 948.31/F2 D2e FHL INTL Book