Os Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Os

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Os clerical district). contains parish registers for Os clerical district which includes the parishes: Os with Lysekloster and Samnanger. Also included the parishes Fusa, Hålandsdal, and Strandvik with Sundvor chapel until 1855, when they became part of Fusa clerical district. Samnanger parish was separated from Os clerical district in 1949 when it became its own clerical district. Records available from 1669-1929.

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

Os: 1760-1880

Os: Sjeleregister (church census) 1791

Os/Fusa: 1669-1719, 1723-1760

Os/Hålandsdal: 1669-1760

Os/Os: 1669-1758, 1869-1940

Os/Samnanger: 1669-1760

Os/Strandvik: 1669-1760; Sjeleregister (church census) 1789

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Fogdens og sorenskriverens manntall Søndhordland fogderi Os skibrede and parishes Strandvik skibrede and parishes. Included Os, Fusa, Strandvik, Samnanger and Hålandsdal. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122979 Item 4 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.


 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall Sundhordland prosti Os clerical district, Os parish, Samnanger parish, Fusa parish, Strandvik parish and Hålandsdal parish. This census was taken by the local parish priests. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122971 Item 3 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a database.


 * 1701 Census Os clerical district with Strandvik parish. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122983 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as Manntal 1701 for Søndre Bergenhus amt.


 * 1801 Census Os clerical district included Os, Sanmanger, Fusa, Hålandsdal and Strandvik parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 123002 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1865-telling for 1243 Os.


 * 1865 Census Os clerical district includedOs and Sanmanger parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 123074 Item 4 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1801-telling for 1243 Ous.


 * 1875 Census Os clerical district included Os and Sanmanger parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Films 273488-273489.


 * 1900 Census Os clerical district included Os and Sanmanger parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Films 274280-274283 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1900-telling for 1243 Os.


 * 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
1668-1848: Records are found in Sunnhordaland 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 the Rosendal Estate or Lysekloster Estate. If the probate is not found in the district above look at Hardanger og Voss where the probates for Rosendal and Lysekloster were kept.

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