Hisøy Parish, Aust-Agder, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Hisøy, Aust-Agder, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records

 * Microfilm at the for Hisøy prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains priest and sexton records for Hisøy parish. Was separated from Øyestad clerical district in 1871. See Øyestad clerical district for earlier records. Parish registers from 1849-1923.


 * Digitized parish registers available online at (Digital Archives)

Census Records
For 1664-1666, 1801, and 1865 census see Øyestad


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Hisøy clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family Historiy Library in Salt Lake City. This 1875 census contains the name of the farm or residence, the persons name, 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. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Hisøy clerical district is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Hisøy clerical district is available on microfilm at theFamily History Library in Salt Lake City. This census contains the name of the farm or resident, persons name, temporarily resident, temporarily absent and where person is, sex, position in the family, marital status, occupation, date of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) of Norway; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø in Norway.


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Hisøy is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) of Norway as well at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø in Norway.

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

5 Engholmen, 1 Gjervoldsøen,  5 Hafsøen, 5 His,  8 Jomfruholmen,  7 Kallevig,  4 Løvold,  5 Skarvedalen, 6 Slubrevig, 5 Strømmen, 5 Stølsvigen,  3 Tangen, 5 Torungerne, 8 Trommestad,  2 Villumstad

Probate Records
Nedenes judicial district *1640-1824 Family History Library *1698-1826 Digitalarkivet

Nedenes judicial district to 1824 *1852-1892 Family History Library *1852-1904 Digitalarkivet

Nedenes deanery *1693-1811 Family History Library *1693-1811 Digitalarkivet