Soma Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Records begin in 1691 for clerical district contains priest and sexton records for Høyland parish with Sviland chapel, Sandnes and Soma. Sandnes became its own parish in 1880 and its own clerical distric in 1914. Soma was discontinued in 1839 and was from then on included in Høyland parish. 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 Høyland

Probate Records
1666-1822: Probate records will be in the Jæren og Dalane judicial district.

1823-1896: Probate records will be in the Jæren judicial district.

1823-1896: Clerical probate records will be in the Jæren Deanery.

The probate records usually contain the date of probate, name of the deceased, names of heirs, guardians and trustees, inventory lists, land and holdings, and other miscellaneous information.

Farm Book
Local history and genealogy. Part of a projected series.

Aurenes, Ola,, [S.l.]: Utgjeven ved Høyland kommune, [1952] 948.31/H1 D2a FS Library Intl Book