Fister Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Fister is a parish in Hjelmeland clerical district. Records begin in 1760. 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

 * For censuses prior to 1891 see Hjelmeland


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Fister is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Fister is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. This census contains the persons name, sex, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, marital status, occupation, year of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information.


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Fister is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

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 Book
A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Hjelmeland and Fister communities in Rogaland County, Norway.

Brandal, Trygve,, Hjelmeland: Hjelmeland Kommune, c1989-1990. Vol. 1. Gardane på nordsida av Randøy, på Ombo, Jøsneset of i Jøsefjorden -- Vol. 2. Gardane i Vormedal, Hjelmeland, og Asvik -- Vol. 3. Fister og sørside av Randøy. 948,31/H4 D2 FHL Intl Book

Farm Names
The number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

2 Barnevigen, 7 Bjelland store, 6 Bjustykket, 18 Bokn lille, 10 Brat-Hetland, 16 Byre, 25 Børøen 29 Dale ytre, 1 Døvig  19 Eige nedre  3 Fister midtre, 8 Flad-Hetland  27 Gjerdet, 14 Grønevigen  22 Halsne, 13 Helgøen, 26 Hovde  24 Kaade  2 Li, 2 Lierlien  17 Maaløen og Trætholmen, 14 Mosnes  11 Nord-Skaar  23 Rande  28 Sandanger indre, 15 Sigmundstad, 21 Skartveid, 12 Skjelsvigen, 6 Solbjør, 9 Staurland,  26 Ytreneset  12 Øvrebø