Masfjorden (Sandnes) Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the FamilySearch Library for clerical district. Contains parish registers for the parishes Masfjorden, Frøyset, and Solheim. Masfjorden was separated from Lindås clerical district in 1875. For earlier records see Lindås clerical district. Records available for 1851-1913.

Digital images of parish records are online for Masfjorden.

Masfjorden clerical district: 1876-1939

For earlier records see Lindås.

Census Records
For early census records see Lindås


 * 1891 Census for Masfjorden is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1900 Census for Masfjorden clerical district included the parishes of Frøyset and Solheim. It is on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library . Available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1910 Census for Masfjorden available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1920 Census for Masfjorden (also include Law Enforcement's 1920 Census) available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1829-1888, 1838-1896 Sheriff's Census for Masfjorden (Lindås) available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1945-1952, 1952-1960 Fishermen Census for Masfjorden Digialarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Farm Books
Nordland, Lars, Masfjordboki, Bergen : A.S. Centraltrykkeriet, 1973-1979. Bergen : A.S. Centraltrykkeriet, 1973-1979. A genealogy of the people and their farms and a history of Masfjorden, Hordaland, Norway. A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

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

24 Aadnekvamme 31 Aamundsbotn 28 Anvik 16 10 Bakken 22 Bersvik 11 Birkeland 29 Bogen  18 Duesund  33 Elvik  7 Frøisæter  3 Hatlevik 1 Haugen 14 Haugen 1 Haugsdal ytre 4 Haugsøen 17 Holsnøen 34 Hope 34 Hopslien 14 Hosteland 14 Hærøen  32 Kvamme 12 Kvamsdal 37 Kvinge nordre 36 Kvingedal  21 Lauvik 13 Løveid  35 Mjøanger 19 Molland  27 Nørland  2 Rambjør 15 Raunøen 20 Reknes 20 Reknesøen 5 Risnes  30 Sandnes 23 Skjeggedal 9 Slidre lille  8 Tangedal 6 Torsvik 26 Totland 25 Totlandsvik

For a larger list of farm names, click here, then click on the next link provided:



Probate Records
1702-1910: Records are found in Nordhordaland judicial district.

1773-1810: Clerical probate records are found in Nordhordaland Deanery.