Alversund Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Alversund clerical district. Contains the parish registers for Alversund, Meland and Seim parishes. Alversund and Meland were separated from Hamre, Norway|Hamre]] clerical district and Seim from Hosanger clerical district in 1885. For earlier records see the above mentioned clerical districts. Records available from 1851-1924.

Digital images of parish records are online for Alversund, Meland, and Seim at Digitalarkivet.

For earlier records see Hamre

Census Records

 * Fogden og sorenskriverens manntall 1664-1666 This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Hamre clerical district included Hamre, Alversund, Åsane, Meland, and Hosanger. Microfilm copies are at the Family History Library on Film 122979 Item 4. Scanned images are online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666 This census was taken by the local parish priests. Hamre clerical district included Hamre, Hosanger, Åsane, Meland, Mo, Seim, and Sund. Microfilm copies are at the Family History Library on Film 122972 Item 1. It is available as a database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1701 Census at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1801 Census Hamre clerical district included Hamre, Alversund, Åsane, and Meland. Microfilm copies are at the Family History Library on Film 123002 Item 3. It is available as a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1835 Census Hamre clerical district included Hamre, Alversund, Åsane, and Meland. Copies are at Digitalarkivet and the Family History Library on Film 1694692 Item 5.


 * 1845 Census Hamre clerical district included Hamre, Alversund, Åsane, and Meland. Copies are at Digitalarkivet and the Family History Library on Film 1694692 Item 6.


 * 1865 Census Hamre clerical district included Hamre, Alversund, Åsane, and Meland. Microfilm copies are at the Family History Library on Film 123072 Item 3. It is available as a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 Census It is available as a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1891 Census at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1900 Census Alversund clerical district included Alversund, Seim, and Meland. Microfilm copies are at the Family History Library on Films 274311 and 274312. It is available as a searchable database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 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
Hjelmtveit, Nils, 1892-: Bygdebok for Alenfit. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Alenfit (from the Viking period, a coastal district whose inhabitants were responsible for manning and equipping a warship) which includes Alversund and Seim plus parts of Sæbø, Lygra and Hamre in Hordaland county. FHL 948.32/A5 D2

This book is now available as a downloadable PDF file on the internet Alenfit skibreide. It includes farms from Alversund, Sæbø, Lygra, Seim and Hamre parishes and gives a history of the owners until 1814.

Sellevold, Hermann Kahrs, 1913-1982: Tilfang til bygdebok for Alversund. Innhold: b. 1. Allmenn kulturhistorie -- b. 2. Gards- og ættesoge for Litleskare, Sellevoll, Yttre Fosse, Indre Fosse, Furhovden og Håland - Oppdatert vedlegg om gards- og ættesoge for Litleskare -- b. 3. Gards- og ættesoge for Kvamme, Erstad, Øvre Tveiten, Nedre Tveiten og Alver -- b. 4. Gards- og ættesoge for Hilland, Nordre Soltveit, Søre Soltveit, Remme, Fjellsende, Solholmen, Kongsøy og Kyrkjeholmen. FHL 948.32/A5 D2

Farm Names
49 Alver, 45 Alverstrømmen, 49 Breimyren,  52 Erstad,  42 Fjeldsende, 57 Fosse Indre, Fosse Yttre, 56 Førhovden,  55 Haaland, 46 Hilland, Håland,  48 Kongsøen, 53 Kvamme Nedre, Kyrkeholmen,  60 Lilleskaret,  49 Myren og Hamre,  43 Nordpladset,  43 Remme,  Solholmen, 44 Soltveit Nordre, Soltveit Søre, 49 Steingaarden, 59 Sælevold, 43 Sørpladset,  51 Tveiten Nedre, Tveiten Øvre

For a larger list of farm names, click here : http://norsk.nordreisavgs.net/lokhist/lokalhistorie.htm. Under Hordaland County, click on Alenfit skipreie i Hordaland (1968).

Probate Records
1702-1910: Records are found in Nordhordaland 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.

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