Davik Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Church records for Davik clerical district contain the parish registers from the parishes Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten. They were separated from Eid clerical district in 1740.

Microfilm at the contain the records, 1710-1929.

Digital images of parish records are online for Davik, Rugsund, and Ålfoten

Census Records

 * Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 25: Nordfjord deanery Dighital Archives


 * Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 15: Nordfjord fogderi and Sunnfjord fogderi Digital Archives


 *  ; Tax-list (Manntall) 1701 : Aalfod, Davig &amp; Rugsund parishes. The 1701 tax-list include the parishes of Ålfoten, Davik and Rugsund.  This is all male census is available at Digitalarkivet and at the Family History Library in book form.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The1801 census for Davik clerical district include the parishes of Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten.  It is available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Davik clerical district, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway : index to farms and persons in the 1801 census include the parishes Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten and is available at Digitalarkivet and at the Family History Library in book form.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Davik clerical district include the parishes of Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten.  This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library; as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Davik clerical district include the parishes of Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten.  This census is available Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the FamilyHistory Library.


 * Folketælling for Norge 1891 at Digitalarkivet


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Davik clerical district include the parishes of Davik, Rugsund and Ålfoten.  This census is available on microfilm at the Family History Library; as well as at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


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

Farm Books
Aaland, Jacob, Davik, Sandane : Utgjeve av ei nemnd, 1939. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Davik in Nordfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county. FHL 948.34/D1 D2a A farm name index to this book 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:

46 Aardal, 19 Aasene 39 Berstad, 42 Bugjerdet  16 Davik Præstegaard[ ], 15 Daviken indre, 17 Daviken ytre, 23 Davikneset, 14 Dombestein  41 Eikaas, 22 Ekornbakken, 25 Endal, 35 Ervik, 36 Erviksæteren, 31 Etterdal  34 Gildalen, 37 Gjelhammer  18 Hamrene, 40 Hatlegjerdet, 33 Haus, 21 Hausle, 45 Homborstad, 44 Hornet  38 Kjøllesdal  29 Levdal, 27 Levdalsbakken, 28 Levdalshjellen, 26 Levdalsneset, 20 Liden  30 Midgjeld  45 Navestølen  32 Ravnefjeld, 49 Reksnes indre  43 Sundalen  47 Tømmerstølen  24 Uglen

Probate Records
1677-1881: Probates may be found in Sunnfjord judicial district.

1794-1846: Clerical probates may be found in Sunnfjord Deanery.