Tysnes Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Tysnes

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Tysnes clerical distirict) contains the parish registers for the parishes Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim in Tysnes clerical district. Opdal parish changed name to Uggdal parish in 1933. Records available from 1723-1924.

Images of digitized parish register are available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Tysnes: 1723-1793, 1804-1886

Tysnes/Onarheim: 1732-1739, 1887-1945;

Tysnes/Tysnes: 1732-1804, 1855-1935

Tysnes/Uggedal: 1732-1739, 1855-1936

Census Records

 * 1664-4666 Census Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall Sønhordland Fogderi included Føn skibrede and parishes, Opdal skibrede and parishes, Vaag skibrede and parishes. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 122979 Item 4 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.


 * 1664-4666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall Sundhordland Prosti This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 122971 Item 3 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a databasee.


 * 1701 Census It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 122983 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as Manntal 1701 for Søndre Bergenhus amt.


 * 1801 Census Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 123002 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1801-telling for 1223 Tysnes.


 * 1865 Census Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 123068 Item 5 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1865-telling for 1223 Tysnæs.


 * 1875 Census Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Films 273503-273504 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1875-teljinga for 1223 Tysnes.


 * 1900 Census Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Films 274275-274277 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1900-telling for 1223 Tysnæs.


 * 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.

Farm Books
Drange, Ernst Berge, Tysnes, gards- og ættesoge, Tysnes : Tysnes sogelag, c1986-1991. A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Tysnes, Hordaland, Norway. Vol. 1 includes an expanded index. 948.32/T1 D2d

Farm name indexes to volumes 1-4 are found in the following links. ,, ,

Farm Names
115	Bakke 110	Belt 82	Bruntveit nedre 121	Dalen 92	Dalland nedre 83	Dalsgaard 76	Eldholm 106	Galanten 85	Gjelland nedre 95	Gjerstad nedre 97	Gjersvik lille 73	Gjøvaag midtre 102	Godøen lille 101	Godøsund 111	Grimsland 119	Gripne 87	Grøteid nordre 106	Hegland 109	Homlevik nedre 112	Hommervik 79	Hope nedre 75	Kaldefoss 116	Katteland 120	Kattenes 104	Kjærefjord 122	Korsnes 91	Lande 113	Lunde nedre 121	Malkenes 107	Myrdal 124	Røen 80	Skaar nordre 103	Skipevik 82	Smogestykket 100	Snedkerneset 76	Storholmen 123	Sunde østre 88	Tegland 99	Tysnes 94	Vaage 94	Vaagsneset 105	Valle 90	Ve indre 77	Vernøen 118	Vevatne 117	Økland østre

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

1698-1852: Some of the farms in this parish belonged to Rosendal Estate or Lysekloster Estate. If the probate is not found in the district above look at Hardanger og Voss where the probates for Rosendal and Lysekloster were kept.

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