Odda Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
See Ullensvang

Census Records
See Ullensvang

Farm Books
Kolltveit, Olav,Odda, Ullensvang og Kindsarvik i gamal og ny tid, Odda : Utgjevar: Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik Bygdeboknemnd, 1962-1974. A history of Ullensvang clerical district which includes Ullensvang, Odda, and Kinsarvik in Hordaland county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. FHL 948.32/U3 H2k Farm name indexes to the volumes are found in the following links.

Vol. 3 pt. 1

Vol. 3 pt. 2

Vol. 4 pt. 1

Vol. 4 pt. 2

Vol. 5 pt. 1

Vol. 5 pt. 2

Bu, Aam. K. (Aamund Knutsen). Ættar-bok for Odda. A genealogy of the people from Odda in Ullensvang clerical district in Hordaland county. FHL 948.32/U3 D2

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

35 Aaerne 36 Aapaaldo 40 Aase 32 Bakke 11 Berge 14 Brekke 2 Bru 21 Buer 31 Bustetun 38 Digrenes 23 Eide 34 Eitreim med Tveit øde 15 Espeland 28 Freim 17 Grønsdal 13 Heng 18 Hildal 26 Hjelle 43 Isberg 22 Jordal 7 Jøsendal 39 Kvitne 12 Laate 9 Ljosegjuvet 3 Løining 25 Mansaaker 30 Oppeim 29 Præstegaarden 27 Ragde 9 Reinsnaas 31 Rymbil 19 Sandven 1 Seljestad 8 Skare 45 Skjeggedal 41 Skjeldviken 42 Stana 20 Strand 33 Tokeim 4 Torekoven 10 Tveit søndre 44 Tyssedal 46 Tyssedalstveiten 24 Vastun 6 Vasviken 16 Vetrhus 37 Viken 5 Vintertun

For larger lists of farm names, click on the links below, then click on the second link provided:

Vol. 3 pt. 1:

Vol. 3 pt. 2:

Bu, Aam. K. (Aamund Knutsen): The ættarboks (Norwegian genealogies) for Øyfjord, Ulvik, Kinsavik, Odda, Udlesvang. Genealogies of families in Øyfjord (Eidfjord), Ulvik, Kinsarvik, and Odda in Hordaland county, Norway. FHL Intnl film 1259725.

Probate Records
1695-1881: Records are found in Hardanger og Voss judicial district.