Sørbø Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Records for Sørbø begin in 1668. The church books contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Hausken, Sørbø, Askø, Utstein Kloster and Kvitsøy (Hvidingsø) in . The parishes Askøy (Askø) and Utstein Kloster became the new Mosterøy parish 1899. All these records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records
See Rennesøy

Probate Records
For 1666-1795 the probates are in the combined Ryfylke and Karmsund judicial district. For 1786-1876 they are found in Ryfylke judicial district. The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Ryfylke deanery deanery. `

Availability
Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district *1666-1795 *1666-1795 Digitalarkivet *1666-1788 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Ryfylke judicial district *1786-1876 Family History Library *1786-1876 Digitalarkivet

Ryfylke deanery *1786-1807 Clerical probate records Family History Library *1786-1807 Digitalarkivet.

Farm Names
7 Asmarvig 5 Bø  13 Ertenstein  3 Galte  11 Hommervold  2 Reianes nordre 10 Rise  6 Segleim 8 Steinsland 9 Stokdal 12 Sørbø  4 Vold