Suldal Kommune
Sand in Suldal
Population: 4,102
Land Area: 1,728 square kilometers
Kommune Center: Sand
Kommune address: Suldal Kommune; Kommunehuset; 4230 Sand
Kommune website: http://www.suldal.kommune.no/
Ernst Berge Drange (author of the recent Sand bygdebøker) is looking for information on where people from Erfjord immigrated to and what happened to the families after immigration. Contact him at drange@robin.no
Parishes
Erfjord - records since 1695
Jelsa - records since 1695
Sand - records since 1858 (see Jelsa for earlier)
Lag Members
Rogalandslag members with ancestors from Suldal include:| David Eugene Cross who has immigrant ancestors who in 1854 came from Naadland (on Ombo) and Marvick farms (both in Jelsa) to La Salle County Illinois. | |
| Michael Miller |
Locations in Suldal
JelsaWeb addresses
Michael Willig's site for people with Suldal ancestors.
Historielags etc
Suldal sogelag; c/o Eva Songe Paulsen; Boks 118; 4230 StrandRyfylke Museum email
Books
Bygdesoga for Sand, av Åsmund Salvesen, 1927.
Jelsa I, Gards- og ættesoga, av Ola Folgøy, 1967.
Gamle Suldal, Gards- og ættesoge, av Hallvard M. Hoftun, 1972.
Erfjord bygdebok. Frå ætte- og kultursoga i Erfjord, av Magnus Våge, 1959.
Sand Gardar og folk. Volumes 1-4, Ernst Berge Drange, 2000.
Farms
Suldal farm names from Rygh.
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