Vikøy Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
See Kvam

Census Records
See Kvam

Farm Books
Torpe, Lars H., Ættarbok for Kvam, Kvam : Utgjeve av Kvam herad, 1957-1973. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Vikøy and Øystese in Kvam clerical district in Hordaland county. Volumes 1-2 include early years to 1900 and volumes 3-4 cover the years 1900 to 1965. *FS Library 948.32/K1 D2t Farm name indexes for these volumes are found in the following links.


 * [[Image:948.32-K1 D2t - Ættarbok for Kvam I Vikøy Sokn.pdf]], *[[Image:948.32-k1 D2t V2 - ÆTTARBOK for KVAM II ØYSTESE.pdf]], *[[Image:948.32-K1 D2t V3 - Ættarbok for Kvam III Viknoy.pdf]], *[[Image:948.32-K1 D2t V4 - Kvam IV Øystese Sokn.pdf]]

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows: 25 Aarhus 29 Aaseim 4 Aksnes nedre  15 Birkeland nedre 6 Birkeland ytre 12 Bruland 16 Bøen  18 Eikedalen  5 Fonneland 8 Fosse ytre 21 Furehaugen  12 Gnallen  32 Hagen 1 Heradstveit 7 Holmen 7 Hopland  10 Kaldestad  20 Li  24 Midhus 12 Mo ytre 6 Myren  34 Nes 26 Nesthus 17 Neteland 31 Noreim  7 Præstegaarden  13 Reistveit 22 Rosseland  11 Sandven 30 Skaaleim 21 Skeie 27 Skutleberg 19 Sotebotnen 19 Steine 28 Sælesæter  32 Tole 14 Træbakken 9 Tveit ytre  33 Valland 2 Vangdal 31 Vatnedalen  23 Øfsthus

For larger lists of farm names, click on each link below, then click again on the link provided:

Vikøy parish 1:

Vikøy parish 2:

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