Eigersund Kommune

Population: 12,798

Land Area: 430 square kilometers

Kommune Center: Egersund

Eigersund Kommune web page, and address: Eigersund Kommune; Postboks 580; 4371 Eigersund. Phone: +51468000

Parishes

Egersund - records since 1664

Lag Members

Rogalandslag members with ancestors from Eigersund include:

 
   

Historielag

Books

Hetland skipreide i 450 år Gard, ætt og folk vol 2 (vol 1 is for Lund). Petrus Valand and Olav Heskestad. Published by Eigersund and Lund Kommuner 1971 989 pages.

Jubileums-og Bygdebok for Eigersund herad. Aamund Salveson. 1937

Farms

Berge, Birkeland, Botna, Brynnesland, Dranga (Drange), Dybing, Dyrås, Eikeland, Eikeli, Eikelistøl, Eikestein, Eptland (Efteland), Fet, Gjeiterås, Glypstad, Grøning (Grønning), Gydal, Gåshus, Helleland prestegård, Helleland forpaktere, Hestad, Hesvik, Hetland nedre, Hetland øvre, Hogstad litle, Hogstad store, Holte, Hovland, Hustoftdal, Høyland, Imiseid, Klungland, Krossen, Kvåle, Lien, Lomeland, Løvoll, Myssingen (Messing), Mysing, Møgedal (Mykedal), Nese, Omdal (Åmdal) nedre, Omdal øvre, Orrestad (Årrestad), Polden, Ramsland, Røyland (Rødland), Skeipstad (Skipstad), Skjerpe, Slettebø, Sleveland, Strømstad, Støla, Svalestad (Svålestad), Terland, Toften, Tveida, Vattakleiva, Øen, Øygrei (Øgreid), Åmot.

Farm names from Rygh for Egersund.

Other

Looking for information about Herman Gustav Helgesen, born 26 August 1865, in egersund, Rogaland. He was living in Norway in 1885 and working as a sailor. By 1910 he was married and living in Chicago, IL. Contact: Ørvar Helgesen, Sverdrups vei 24, 7018 Trondheim, Norway.

Looking for Berent Johan Skaare (30 July 1866, Egersund, Norway). His parents were Peder Borildsen Skaare (b. 1830) and Anne Bertine (b. 1847). In the US he used the name B. J. Pedersen. In a letter home to Norway in 1905, he wrote that he had 2 children, Paul and Alice (b. 7 Sept 1904). His address was "Waterman block West Superior, Wisconsin. Another letter in 1910 said that he was living in Aitkin MN. He is supposed to have moved back to Duluth, MN. If you have information on him or on descendents contact: Roger Skara, Sokendalsvn. 71; 4370 Egersund; Norway.

 

 

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