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 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 for 1712-1912.

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

Fana: 1712-1878

Fana/Fana: 1861-1932

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall Nordhordland fogderi Fane (Fana) clerical district included Fana and Birkeland parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 122979 Item 4 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.


 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall Nordhordland prosit Fane (Fana) clerical district included Fana and Birkeland and Årstad parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 122983 Item 2 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a database.


 * 1701 Census Fana clerical district included Fana and Birkeland parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 122979 Item 4 and online at Digitalarkivet as Manntal 1701 for Søndre Bergenhus amt.


 * 1801 Census Fana clerical district included Fana and Birkeland parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 123002 Item 2 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1801-telling for 1249 Fanøe.


 * 1845 Census Fana clerical district included Fana and Birkeland parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 1694692 Item 3.


 * 1865 Census Fana clerical district included Fana and Birkeland parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 123071 Item 2 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1865-telling for 1249 Fana.


 * 1875 Census Fana clerical district included Fana and Birkeland parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Films 273490-273491 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1875-telling for 1249 Fana.


 * 1900 Census Fana clerical district included Fana and Birkeland parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Films 274284-274288 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1900-telling for 1249 Fana.


 * 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.

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.