Lygra Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
See Lindås

Census Records
See Lindås

Farm Books
Toft, Martin, Bygdebok for Lindås, [Norway] : Lindås bygdeboknemnd, 1981-. Genealogies of the people and their farms in Myking parish (v. 1) and Lygra and (Hundvin) parishes (v. 2) in Lindås clerical district in Hordaland county along with some history of the area. Contents: v. 1. Myking sokn: Gards- og ættesoge -- v. 2. Lygra og Hundvin sokner: Gards- og personhistorie / Olav Ones -- v. 3. Lindås sokn, gards- og ættesoge gnr 87 - gnr 108 / Arvid Skogseth -- v. 4. Lindås sokn, gards- og ættesoge gnr 109-gnr 127 / Arvid Skogseth.

A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

This book is now available as a downloadable PDF file on the internet Alenfit skibreide. It includes farms from Alversund, Sæbø, Lygra, Seim and Hamre parishes and gives a history of the owners until 1814.

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

63 Beraas 59 Berfjord 52 Berge 82 Brakøen 68 Bruknappen 80 Dragøen  70 Feste nordre  76 Gjerde 53 Grimstad  50 Haalen 67 Haukaas 56 Hundven 56 Hundvenshopen  73 Instebø  54 Kunglevold 85 Kvalvaag 84 Kvalvaagsneset  60 Langenes 58 Lygren indre  74 Mellingen 74 Mellingen 65 Myksvold nedre  71 Nesbø  86 Ones  72 Pletten  79 Raadmandsøen 81 Risøen  51 Seli med Bakkebø 77 Skjelvik 61 Skotsund 71 Sletten 66 Smørdal 83 Spjøtøen  62 Tofting 55 Tveiteraas  78 Vallersnes 50 Vik  75 Ystebø

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

1800-1852: Some of the farms in this parish belonged to Lysekloster Estate. If the probate is not found in the district above look at Hardanger og Voss where the probates for Lysekloster were kept.

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