Falnes Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Falnes, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Falnes is in the Karmøy Region. Other parishes in this region include Karmøy the parishes of Avaldsnes, Kopervik (Stangeland), Skudenes, Skudeneshavn, Torvastad (Torvestad), Falnes, Ferkingstad and Åkra.

Church Records

 * Church records exist since 1758. Falsnes parish was in Skudeneshavn as well as Skudeneshavn and Ferkingstad. These records are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records
See Skudenes

Probate Records
For 1666-1795 the probates are found in Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district. For 1793-1901 they are found in Karmsund judicial district. The clerical probates for 1692-1812 are found in Karmsund deanery.

Availability
Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district *1666-1795 FamilySearch Library *1666-1795 Digitalarkivet *1666-1815 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Karmsund judicial district *1793-1901 FamilySearch Library *1793-1901 Digitalarkivet.

Karmsund deanery *1692-1812 Clerical probate records FamilySearch Library *1692-1812 Digitalarkivet.

Farm Book
Lillehammer, Arvid, "Skudenes og Skudeneshavn", Karmøy: Utgitt av bygdebokutvalget i Karmøy, 1982. 948.31/S12 D2L FS Library INTL Book

Farm Book on the Internet
Karmøy Genealogy Club is creating an internet accessable listing of the families who have lived on Karmøy. The sources for this website are "Bygdebok for Karmøy," Norges Bybyggelse, notes of Johannes Mjølhus, the church books, probate records, census records, and private family information.

The family listings are by the farm which they lived on. The explanation of the website is in English but the family information is in Norwegian.

You will find a list of all the farms which are found in the modern Karmøy kommune. As the information comes available there will be a link from the table to the information on a specific farm. On the internet you will only find information of those inhabitants who had registered descendants. A more complete listing is found in the office in Skudeneshavn. You can E-mail inquires to slektsforum.karmoy@c2i.net.

Farm Names
35 Austneberg 51 Beiningen  54 Dale  51 Falnes nedre  39 Grøteim  42 Haaland søndre, 49 Heggeim, 48 Hillesland, 53 Hovdestad, 43 Høines  36 Kirkeleitet, 45 Kuviken  37 Li, 42 Lynghaugen  34 Mjølhus  42 Naleid, 46 Neset  50 Præstegaarden  40 Risdal nedre, 47 Ryggen  44 Selvaag, 52 Skitnedal, 56 Snorteland, 38 Syre  55 Tjøsteim  47 Uren  47 Vik