Fana Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Fana

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Fana prestegjeld(clerical district). Contains parish registers for Fana parish with Fantoft chapel, and Birkeland parish in Fana clerical district. They were divided from "Lektoratet, Årstat to St. Jørgens Hospital in 1749. Records available form 1712-1912.

Images of digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Fana: 1712-1878

Fana/Fana: 1861-1932

Probate Records
From 1702-1848: Records are found in Nordhordaland, 1702-1910 judicial district.

1848-1895: Records are found in Midhordaland judicial district which was created from Nordhordaland.

1800-1852: Some of the farms in this parish belonged to Lysekloster Estate. If the probate is not found in the district above look at Hardanger og Voss where the probates for Lysekloster were kept.

1773-1810: Clerical probate records are found in Nordhordaland Deanery.