Skaue Prgj. Vatne S.
Jillene	In my search for my family history I have learned that Norway is one of the most wonderful places in the world. I am trying to find the records od my ancestor Kristen Ingebregtsen, born in 1840. On the 1875 census he was listed as living in Alesund at 1501 Buholmstrand in a house owned by Peter Jacobsen. he was married to Lorense Nilsdatter and had 4 sons living with them at that time. Kristen's Birth Place is listed as Skaue Prgj. Vatne S. I know that Prgj. must be an abbeviation for prestegjeld (parish), but I cannot seem to locate a Skaue parish. Can anyone help? Jillene
Borge	I think this must be Skoue Prgj. as the are no such prestegjeld as Skaue in the area. This could be Kristen in the [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f61534&variabel=0&postnr=1776&fulle=true&spraak=e"]1865 census[/url].
Jillene	Thank you for the help on the prestegjeld! Wow, this is amazing! I am sure that the Kristen on the 1865 census is my Kristen because we know that he worked as a servant in a "Johnsen" household before he was married. Do you know what the "Vatne S." stands for, and where I might be able to locate this Skoue Prestegjeld in order to get copies of the record's for Kristen and his family? I cannot begin to tell you how appreciative I am for the help, this has been a very difficult search. I am going to sign up to help with the work this site is doing so that I might be able to help someone else out too.
Borge	Vatne was the name of the "Sogn" - "Parish" one of several under the clerical district "Skoue Prestegjeld". This is in Møre og Romsdal, Skoue is now called Skodje. [^]