Stord Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Stord

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Stord 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 avaialable from 1725.

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 Stord clerical district 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

Farm Books
Høyland, Ola, Stord bygdebok, Stord : Utgjevar: Stord herad, 1966-1973. A history of Stord in Hordaland county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. Vol. 2 includes an expanded index. FHL 948.32/S3 H2h A farm name index to volume 2 is found in the following link.

Farm Names
28	Aadland 6	Agdestein 56	Almaas 48	Birkeland 39	Bjelland nordre 8	Borevik 5	Bortveit 2	Brandvik store 21	Breiviken 32	Dale 52	Digernes 59	Diviken 44	Eldøen 9	Elvepladset 12	Eskeland nedre 51	Føien 10	Førland 50	Grindevik 9	Grov 24	Haga 47	Hatland 15	Haugland 1	Haukenes 9	Heimebøen 7	Hetlesæter 46	Horneland 49	Hornelandsvaagen 26	Hysingstad 41	Høiland 31	Isdal 45	Kaarevik 35	Kaneteig 19	Kivik 43	Langeland 38	Leirvik 34	Lillebø nedre 33	Lillebø øvre 18	Lunde 17	Lunde-Mandsværk 37	Løning 4	Mehammer 26	Midtøen 60	Mjelkvik 63	Morken 38	Naustneset 54	Nes 3	Nordhuglen 57	Nysæter 27	Orninggaard 62	Peterteigen 22	Præstegaarden 14	Præsthaug 20	Rommetveit nedre 28	Sagneset 13	Solhaug 61	Stokken østre 36	Stue 53	Sætrevik 25	Sæverhagen 16	Tveite nordre 42	Tveite søndre 55	Valvatne 29	Vatne 58	Vikenes 23	Økland nedre 30	Økland øvre

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

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