Finnås Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Finnås

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Finnås clerical district. Contains the parish registers for the parishes Finnås, Moster, Bremnes with Lykling chapel, and Bømlo. Included Sveio parish until 1861 and Øklandsgrenden, until 1870. Records available from 1718-1931.

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

Finnås: 1718-1881

Finnås/Bremnes: 1851-1936

Finnås/Bømlo: 1860-1931

Finnås/Moster: 1851-1945

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall Finnås clerical district included Moster, Sveio, Bømlo and Bremnes parishes. This census was taken by the local parish priests. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122971 Item 3 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a database.


 * 1701 Census Finnås clerical district in Ryfylke fogderi (Rogaland) included Sveio parish. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122983 Item 5. Finnås clerical district in Søndhordland (Sunnhordland) fogderi (Hordaland County) included Åkre (Fjære) parish. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122983 Item 1. It is also online at Digitalarkivet as Manntal 1701 for Søndre Bergenhus amt.


 * 1801 Census Finnås clerical district included Moster, Bremnes, Bømlo and Sveio parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123068 Item 3 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1801-telling for 1218 Findaas.


 * 1835 Census Finnås clerical district included Moster and Bremnes parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 1283409 Item 1.


 * 1865 Census Finnås clerical district included Moster, Bremnes, Bømlo and Sveio parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123002 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1801-telling for 1218 Finaas.


 * 1875 Census Finnås clerical district includedMoster, Bremnes, and Bømlo parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 273508-273509.


 * 1900 Census Finnås clerical district included Moster, Bremnes, and Bømlo parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 274267-274270 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1801-telling for 1218 Finaas.


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center.

Farm Books
Steinsbø, Simon and Hovland, kari Shetelig, Bømlo bygdebok, Bømlo : Utgjevar Bømlo kommune, 1972-1981. Contains a genealogy of the people and their farms in Bømlo in Hordaland county with some history. FHL 948.32/B1 D2s Farm name indexes are found in the folowing links:, , ,

Contents: b. 1 og 2. Gards- og ættesoge for Bremnes sokn / Simon Steinsbø -- b. 3. Gards- og ættesoge for Bømlo sokn / Kari Shetelig Hovland -- b. 4. Gards- og ættesoge for Moster sokn / Simon Steinsbø.

Probate Records
1668-1887: Records are found in Sunnhordaland judicial district.

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.

1690-1877: Clerical probate records are found in Sunnhordaland Deanery.