Hjelme (Skjold) Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
See Herdla (Herlø) and Manger

Census Records:
See Manger for earlier census records.


 * '''1910 census for Hjelme (Skjold) Digital Archives

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.