Mosterøy Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Records begin in 1668. They contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Hausken, Sørbø, Askøy, Utstein Kloster and Kvitsøy in clerical district. The parishes Askøy and Utstein Kloster became the new Mosterøy parish 1899. All these records are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


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

Census Records

 * For 1875 and earlier censuses see Rennesøy


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Mosterøy is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900:' The 1900 census for Mosterøy is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, sex, resident or temporary resident, temporarily absent and where person is, position in the family, marital status, occupation, year of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Mosterøy is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Probate Records
For 1666-1795 the probates are in the combined Ryfylke and Karmsund judicial district. For 1786-1876 they are found in Ryfylke judicial district. The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Ryfylke deanery deanery. `

Availability
Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district *1666-1795 *1666-1795 Digitalarkivet *1666-1788 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Ryfylke judicial district *1786-1876 FamilySearch Library *1786-1876 Digitalarkivet

Ryfylke deanery *1786-1807 Clerical probate records *1786-1807 Digitalarkivet.

Farm Book
Hestvold, Ove,, Rennesøy: Rennesøy kommune, c1985. 948.31/M1 D2m FHL INTL Book

Farm Names
6 Aske 4 Bru 8 Dysjeland 13 Finnesand 14 Fjøløen 4 Guldhagen 3 Hegreberg 10 Hodnefjeld 12 Hogvaldstad 11 Kaade 1 Rosnes 7 Selvig 5 Sokn 14 Utstein Kloster 2 Vareberg 7 Vaule 9 Vold

Mosterøy, Bru, Sokn, og V. Åmøy Gards-og ættesoge

Rosnes, Vareberg, Hegreberg, Bru, Sokn, Aske, Vaula, Dysjeland, Voll, Hodnefjell, Kåda, Haugvaldstad, Finnesand, Utstein Kloster, Fjøløy