Hyllestad Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Hyllestad clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Hyllestad, Øn (Øens) and Bø. Hyllestad and Øn parishes were separated from Askvoll clerical district and Bø parish from Lavik clerical district in 1861.

For earlier records see Askvoll clerical district.

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the Hyllestad clerical district

Digital images of parish records are online for Hyllestad


 * Hyllestad: 1853-1942

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Hyllestad clerical district include the parishes of Askvoll, Vilnes, Hyllestad and Øn and is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Hyllestad clerical district include the parishes of Hyllestad, Vilnes, Askvoll, Bø and Øn and is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701. The 1701 census for Hyllestad clerical district include the parishes ofAskvoll, Vilnes, Hyllestad and Øn and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge.  The1801 census for Hyllestad clerical district include the parishes of Askvoll, Vilnes, Hyllestad and Øn and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Hyllestad clerical district include the parishes of  Hyllestad, Øn and Bø.  This census is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The1875 census for Hyllestad clerical district include the parishes of Hyllestad, Øn and Bø and is available at Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Famiily History Library.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for Norge, 1891 at Digitalarkivet
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Hyllestad cleircal district include the parishes of Hyllestad, Øn and Bø and is avaialble on microfilm at theFamilySearch Library.   This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910: The 1910 census for Hyllestad is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Kellmer, Inger and Førsund, Finn Borgen, Hyllestad bygdebok: soga om folket, Hyllestad: Kommune, 1990. A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Hyllestad, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway. FS Library 948.34/H3 D2k A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

65 Aas øvre, 68 Akse, 66 Alefjeld, 57 Atteraas70 Berge, 58 Birkeland, 61 Buvik63 Dale indre59 Eidet73 Einevold76 Gjerde53 Helleim, 47 Hovland, 52 Hovlandsvaag, 77 Hyllestad55 Indrefjord<BR><BR>80 Kleive, 56 Kolgrov<BR><BR>49 Lekva, 74 Lien, 51 Lireid, 48 Lundeland<BR><BR>67 Markhus, 79 Myklebost<BR><BR>75 Nes<BR><BR>50 Rinde, 46 Risnes, 71 Rønsæter<BR><BR>60 Systad, 78 Sæsol, 69 Sætre, 72 Sørefjord<BR><BR>62 Tauning<BR><BR>53 Vellene, 53 Viken<BR><BR>54 Ytrefjord<BR>

Probate Records
1698-1882: Probates may be found in Ytre Sogn judicial district.

1766-1810: Clerical probates may be found in Sogn Deanery.