Herdla (Herlø) Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Herdla

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Herdla clerical district. Contains parish registers for the parishes Herdla and Hjelme. Herdla was separated from Manger clerical district in 1869. For earlier records see Manger clerical district. Records available from 1855-1929.

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

Herdla: 1855-1905

Herdla/Herdla: 1858-1940

Herdla/Hjelme: 1902-1929

For earlier records see Manger.

Census Records
For census records before 1875 see Manger.

1875 Census Herdla clerical district contained Herdla and Hjelme parishes. It is at the Family History Library on microfilm Films 274313 and 274314 and also online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1875-telling for 1258 Herdla.

1900 Census Herdla clerical district contained Herdla and Hjelme parishes. It is at the Family History Library on microfilm Film 273473 and also online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1900-telling for 1258 Herlø.


 * 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
From 1702-1848: Records are found in Nordhordaland, 1702-1910 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 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.