Stord Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Stord

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for (clerical district). Contains the parish registers for Stord clerical district which includes Stord parish. Also included Fitjar parish until 1862 when it became part of the new Fitjar clerical district; and Valestrand parish until 1870 when it bacame part of '''Sveio clerical district. '''Records available from 1725-1919.

Images of digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). Stord: 1725-1861, 1819-1919;

Stord/Fitjar: Sjeleregister 1791; Stord/Stord: 1862-1945

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall Sundhordland prosti Stord clerical district included Valestrand, Fitjar and Stord parishes. This census was taken by the local parish priests. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122971 Item 3 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a database.


 * 1701 Census Stord clerical district in Sunnhordland fogderi included Møkster and Austevoll parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122983 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet Manntal 1701 for Søndre Bergenhus amt.


 * 1801 Census Stord clerical district included Valestrand, Fitjar and Stord parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123002 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1801-telling for 1221 Storøen


 * 1835 Census Stord clerical district included Valestrand, Fitjar and Stord parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 1283409 Item 2.


 * 1845 Census Stord clerical district included Valestrand, Fitjar and Stord parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 1283409 Item 3.


 * 1865 Census Stord clerical district included Valestrand parish. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123068 Item 2 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1865-telling for 1221 Stordø


 * 1875 Census Stord clerical district is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 273501 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1875-telling for 1221 Stord


 * 1891 Census is online at Digitalarkivet as 1891-teljinga for Stord.


 * 1900 Census is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 274271-274272 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1900-telling for 1221 Stord


 * 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
1668-1887: Records are found in Sunnhordaland judicial district.

1690-1877: Clerical probate records are found in Sunnhordaland Deanery.