Fjelberg Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Fjelberg

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Fjelberg clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes of Fjelberg, Bjoastrand, Ølen and Eid. Included Vikebygd until 1861. Ølen and Bjoastrand were divided from Fjelberg and became the new Ølen clerical district in 1952. Records available from 1739-1930.

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

Fjelberg: 1739-1879

Fjelberg/Eid:; 1815-1823, 1854-1919

Fjelberg/Fjelberg: 1816-1823, 1851-1919

Fjelberg/Ølen: 1879-1918

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall Sundhordland fogderi Fjelberg clerical district included Fjelberg, Bjoastrand, Ølen, Vikebygd and Eid parishes. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122979 Item 4] and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a database.


 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall Sundhordland prosti Fjelberg clerical district included Fjelberg, Ølen, Vikebygd and Eid parishes. This census was taken by the local parish priests. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122971 Item 3.


 * 1701 Census Fjelberg clerical district included Fjelberg, Åkre and Skånevik parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122983 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as Manntal 1701 for Søndre Bergenhus amt.


 * 1801 Census Fjelberg clerical district included Fjelberg, Bjoastrand, Ølen, Vikebygd and Eid parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123002 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1801-telling for 1213 Fieldberg.


 * 1865 Census Fjelberg clerical district included Fjelberg, Ølen, Bjoastrand and Eid parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123067 Item 2 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1865-telling for 1213 Fielberg.


 * 1875 Census Fjelberg clerical district included Fjelberg, Ølen, Bjoastrand and Eid parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 273499-273500 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1875-telling for 1213 Fielberg.


 * 1900 Census Fjelberg clerical district included Fjelberg, Ølen, Bjoastrand and Eid parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 274260-274263 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1900-telling for 1213 Fielberg.


 * 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
Vaage, Erling, Kvinnherad bygdesoga, Kvinnherad : Utgjevar Kvinnherad Bygdeboknemnd, 1972, c1987-. A new history of Kvinnherad in Hordaland county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. FHL 948.32/K3 H2v Contents: b. 1. Bygdesoga / Erling Vaage -- b. 2. Gards- og ættesoga, soknene Ølve, Hatlestrand, Ænes / Erling Vaage -- b. 3. Gards- og ættesoga, hovudsokna / Anders Havnelid -- b. 4. Husnes sokn / Erling Vaage -- b. 5. Allmennsoga, gards- og ættesoga, Eid og Fjelberg sokner / Anders Havnelid.

Farm name indexes to volumes 2-5 are found in the following links. ,, ,

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

52 Aasbø 42 Aksdal nedre 60 Apaldvik 27 Arnevik 40 Aske 45 Berge 49 Bjellebø 34 Blokhus 37 Brekke 36 Dale 57 Dalen 50 Dyrnes 58 Eikaas 28 Fatland 48 Gjerde 61 Grunnevaag 47 Hammersland 59 Hetland nordre 55 Indbjoe 33 Karteig 29 Kike 31 Nordhus 32 Præstegaarden 51 Sandvik 25 Sjovangen 35 Sjøstuen 56 Steinsland 30 Sundnes 53 Svaalland 26 Svinevik 43 Sæbø 46 Træet 57 Tunge 54 Utbjoe 38 Vik 39 Østhus 46 Øvrebø nordre

Probate Records
1695-1881: Records are found in Hardanger og Voss judicial district.>