Vats Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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Church Records
Records begin in 1743. Skjold clerical district included the parishes Skjold, Tysvær and Vats with Vårenes chapel. Tysvær parish became its own clerical district in 1848. Earlier records were burned on 14 Oct. 1786.

An extract of the church records of Skjold with Vats and Tysvær in Rogaland county, 1786-1815.

Digital images of the church books are available at Digitalarkivet.


 * Skjold / Skjold, Tysvær, Vats: 1743-1802


 * Skjold: 1758, 1786-1815


 * Skjold / Skjold: 1815-1941


 * Skjold / Tysvær: 1815-1830


 * Skjold / Vats: 1815-1925

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

For 1793-1901 the records are in the Karmsund judicial district.

The clerical probates are found in Karmsund deanery in Rogaland county, Norway. They are for the years 1692-1812.

Farm Books
A genealogy of the people and their farms in Vats, Rogaland county, Norway. Includes a history of the old Vats area.

Dybdal-Holthe, Nils, "Soga om Vats: gard og ætt i gamle Vats herad," Vats: Bygdebodnemnda i Vats i samarbeid med Vindafjord kommune, c 1984. 948.31/V1 D2d FHL INTL Book

Index to: Soga om Vats: gard og ætt i gamle Vats herad/ Nils Dybdal-Holthe Waula, Jørg Eirik, "Soga om Vats gard og ætt personregister," Stavanger, Norway: Rogaland Historie og Ættesogelag, 1996. 948.31/V1 D2d index FHL INTL Book