Ferkingstad Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Ferkingstad, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Ferkingstad is in the Karmøy Region. Other parishes in this region include Karmøy the parishes of Avaldsnes, Kopervik (Stangeland), Skudenes, Skudeneshavn, Torvastad (Torvestad), Falnes, Ferkingstad and Åkra.

Church Records

 * Records start in 1770. Ferkingstad is a parish in Skudenes clerical district. Microfilm of the church books contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Falnes with Skudeneshavn and Ferkingstad in Skudenes (Skudesnes) clerical district. Included Bokn (Bukken) parish until 1848 when it was annexed to Tysvær clerical district and Åkra parish until 1887 when it was annexed to Kopervik clerical district. Earlier church records were burned in 1841. These records are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


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

Census Records
See Skudenes

Probate Records
For 1666-1795 the probates are found in Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district. For 1793-1901 they are found in Karmsund judicial district. The clerical probates for 1692-1812 are found in Karmsund deanery.

Availability
Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district *1666-1795 FamilySearch Library *1666-1795 Digitalarkivet *1666-1815 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Karmsund judicial district *1793-1901 FamilySearch Library *1793-1901 Digitalarkivet.

Karmsund deanery *1692-1812 Clerical probate records FamilySearch Library *1692-1812 Digitalarkivet.

Farm Book
Lillehammer, Arvid,, Karmøy: Utgitt av bygdebokutvalget i Karmøy, 1982. 948.31/S12 D2L FS Library INTL Book

Farm Book on the Internet
Karmøy Genealogy Club is creating an internet accessable listing of the families who have lived on Karmøy. The sources for this website are "Bygdebok for Karmøy," Norges Bybyggelse, notes of Johannes Mjølhus, the church books, probate records, census records, and private family information.

The family listings are by the farm which they lived on. The explanation of the website is in English but the family information is in Norwegian.

"Farm and family history" on the internet

You will find a list of all the farms which are found in the modern Karmøy kommune. As the information comes available there will be a link from the table to the information on a specific farm. On the internet you will only find information of those inhabitants who had registered descendants. A more complete listing is found in the office in Skudeneshavn. You can E-mail inquires to: slektsforum.karmoy@c2i.net.

Farm Names
22 Braatet 28 Dyrland  22 Ferkingstad  31 Haga, 26 Haugen, 29 Hebnes  26 Kvilhaug, 27 Kvilhaugsviken  25 Langaaker, 30 Langheigjerdet, 27 Løken  25 Myren  23 Nes  30 Sand-Haaland, 33 Sandve, 22 Sletten, 21 Stave, 24 Stol  32 Vikre  25 Østraatt