Frue Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Books

 * Contain priest and sexton records from the parishes . They were separated from the combined Stavanger clerical district in 1849. Earlier church records are in the Cathedral church parish (Domkirken) in Stavanger city. Riskekverven (Riska) was separated from Frue and became its own parish in 1877.


 * for Stavanger including Hetland and Randaberg. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarket (Digital Archives).

Census Records
See Stavanger

Probate Records
1666-1822: Probate records will be in the Jæren og Dalane judicial district.

1823-1896: Probate records will be in the Jæren judicial district.

1823-1896: Clerical probate records will be in the Jæren Deanery.

The probate records usually contain the date of probate, name of the deceased, names of heirs, guardians and trustees, inventory lists, land and holdings, and other miscellaneous information.

Farm Book
There is no farm book for Frue (Hetland).