Vossestrand Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Vossestrand, 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 FamilySearch Library for Vossestrand clerical distirict contains the parish registers for the parishes of Vossestrand, Uppheim, and Vinje. They were separated from Voss clerical district in 1865. For earlier records see Voss clerical district, Records available from 1866-1945.

Digital images of parish records are online for Vossestrand, Uppheim, and Vinje.

Vossestrand clerical district: 1855-1946

For earlier records see Voss

Census Records
See Voss for records 1865 and earlier


 * 1875 Census for Vossestrand clerical district includedVossestrand, Uppheim and Vinje parishes. Microfilm images are found at the FamilySearch Library and online at Digitalarkivet.  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 Census for Vossestrand available online at Digitalarkivet  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900 Census for Vossestrand clerical district included Vossestrand, Uppheim and Vinje parishes. Microfilm images are found at the FamilySearch Library and online at  Digitalarkivet.


 * 1910 Census for Vossestrand available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1920 Census for Vossestrand available online at Digitalarkivet


 * 1829-1898, 1867-1896 Voter register for Voss/vossestrand savailable online at Digitalarkivet


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

Farm Books
Hellensnes, Torstein and Gjerdåker, Johannes, Gardssoge for Oppheim sokn, Voss : Voss bygdeboknemnd, 1980. A history of Oppheim (Uppheim) parish in Vossestrand clerical district in Hordaland county. A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Farm Names
For a list of farm names, click here, then click again on the next link.



Probate Records
1695-1881: Records are found in Hardanger og Voss judicial district.