Hornindal Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Hornindal clerical district contains the parish registers from the parish of Hornindal. It was separated from Eid clerical district in 1865. For earlier records see Eid clerical district.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the

Digital images of parish records are online for Eid at Digitalarkivet. Digital images of parish records are online for Hornindal at Digitalarkivet.


 * Hornindal: 1867-1927

Census Records

 * 1664-66, 1701, 1801, 1845, 1865 see Eid, Sogn og Fjordane clerical district.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Hornindal clerical district is available Digitalarkivet and on microfilm at the Family History Library
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * Folketælling for kongeriget 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 Hornindal clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library; as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives), and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Hornindal is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at theNorwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Svaar-Seljesæter, Knut, Hornindal, Nordfjord: ættelister fro hvar gard i bygda, Hornindal: Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane, 1989. A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Hornindal, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway up to 1988. FHL 948.34/H1 D2st A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Svaar-Seljesæter, Knut, Hornindal, Nordfjord: ættelister for hver gård i bygden, Sandane: R. Søreide Prenteverk, 1966. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Hornindal which belonged to Eid clerical district until 1865 in Nordfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county. FHL 948.34/H1 D2s A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Os, Edvard, Eid og Horningdal, Oslo : Utgåva av Eid herad og Hornindal herad, 1953. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Eid and Hornindal in Nordfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county. FHL 948.34/E1 D2o 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:

24 Bakke, 26 Brendefur22 Dobakke20 Engebø, 21 Espen8 Fannemæ, Frisliden, 8 Furefjerding indre15 Gausemæl, 6 Grimsliden, 39 Grødes, 40 Grøthaug49 Haalen, 5 Hatleliden, 27 Haugen indre, 16 Haugen ytre, 2 Heggen, 17 Hjellbakkene, 50 Holmevik, 51 Holmøien,e 11 Horne ytre48 Jutdal38 Kirkhorne, 45 Kjøs, 44 Kongsvik, 19 Krokene<BR><BR>41 Liden, 3 Lillestølen, 30 Lyngvold, 14 Lødemæl, 37 Lødhorne<BR><BR>47 Maursæter, 31 Moldsvor, 3 Mæleim<BR><BR>9 Navelsaker, 32 Nygaard<BR><BR>10 Otredal<BR><BR>8 Ratevold, 52 Rognes, 23 Rygg<BR><BR>4 Sandnes, 33 Seljesæter, 53 Skrede, 25 Soleim, 29 Støversten, 42 Svor indre og ytre, 35 Sæteren<BR><BR>34 Taransæter, 36 Tomasgaarden<BR><BR>12 Vellene<BR><BR>46 Øiane<BR>

Probate Records
1677-1881: Probates may be found in Sunnfjord judicial district.

1794-1846: Clerical probates may be found in Sunnfjord Deanery.