Sandnes Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Records begin in 1691. Sandnes was then a parish in clerical district along with Høyland with Sviland chapel and Soma. Soma was discontinued in 1839 and was from then on included in Høyland parish. Sandnes became its own parish in 1880 and its own clerical district in 1914. 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 Høyland

Court Records
The court records contain reports of civil and criminal actions, including the allodial rights, a system of ownership by which an owner has all rights associated with possessing a property. You will find names, dates, places, and relationships in these records. The records have no indexes, and therefore require time to study. They are excellent sources for genealogical research and at times you can find entire families through several generations. These records must be used in conjunction with the mortgage records, probate records, or other records.

Court records at the Family History Library, 1613-1701

These records are for Jæren and Dalane judicial districts which include these places: Hetland (Frue), Høyland, Klepp, Time (Lye), Håland, Ogna, Sandnes, Helleland, Egersund, Lund, Sokndal, Heskestad, Hå, Bjerkreim, Randaberg, Sola, Madla, Varhaug, Nærbø, and Gjestal in Rogaland county.

Probate Records
For 1666-1822 the probates are found in Jæren og Dalane judicial district. For 1823-1882 they are found in Jæren judicial district. The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Jæren deanery. `

Availability
Jæren og Dalane judicial district *1666-1822 *1667-1860 Digitalarkivet *1666-1815 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Jæren judicial district *1763-1821 Family History Library *1859-1896 Digitalarkivet.

Jæren deanery *1763-1821 Clerical probate records Family History Library *1763-1821 Digitalarkivet.

Høyland and Sandnes police station *1889-1973 death protocol Digitalarkivet

Sandnes police station *1918-1956 death protocol Digitalarkivet

Farm Book
Although Sandnes is now a city and does not have a farm book, there is history of the beginning of Sandnes city and the families who settled there.

Aurenes, Ola, Stavanger, Norway: i kommisjon hos Johs. Floor, 1935. 948.31/S2 H2a FHL INTL Book