Odda Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Odda 1775-1797, 1858-1940

See also Ullensvang

Census Records
See Ullensvang

Farm Books
Kolltveit, Olav,Odda, Ullensvang og Kindsarvik i gamal og ny tid, Odda : Utgjevar: Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik Bygdeboknemnd, 1962-1974. A history of Ullensvang clerical district which includes Ullensvang, Odda, and Kinsarvik in Hordaland county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. FS Library 948.32/U3 H2k Farm name indexes to the volumes are found in the following links.

Vol. 3 pt. 1

Vol. 3 pt. 2

Vol. 4 pt. 1

Vol. 4 pt. 2

Vol. 5 pt. 1

Vol. 5 pt. 2

Bu, Aam. K. (Aamund Knutsen). Ættar-bok for Odda. A genealogy of the people from Odda in Ullensvang clerical district in Hordaland county. FS Library 948.32/U3 D2

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

35 Aaerne 36 Aapaaldo 40 32 Bakke 11 Berge 14 Brekke 2 Bru 21 Buer 31 Bustetun  38 Digrenes  23 Eide 34 Eitreim med Tveit øde 15 Espeland  28 Freim  17 Grønsdal  13 Heng 18 Hildal 26 Hjelle  43 Isberg  22 Jordal 7 Jøsendal  39 Kvitne  12 Laate 9 Ljosegjuvet 3 Løining  25 Mansaaker  30 Oppeim  29 Præstegaarden  27 Ragde 9 Reinsnaas 31 Rymbil  19 Sandven 1 Seljestad 8 Skare 45 Skjeggedal 41 Skjeldviken 42 Stana 20 Strand  33 Tokeim 4 Torekoven 10 Tveit søndre 44 Tyssedal 46 Tyssedalstveiten  24 Vastun 6 Vasviken 16 Vetrhus 37 Viken 5 Vintertun

For larger lists of farm names, click on the links below, then click on the second link provided:

Vol. 3 pt. 1:

Vol. 3 pt. 2:

Bu, Aam. K. (Aamund Knutsen): The ættarboks (Norwegian genealogies) for Øyfjord, Ulvik, Kinsavik, Odda, Udlesvang. Genealogies of families in Øyfjord (Eidfjord), Ulvik, Kinsarvik, and Odda in Hordaland county, Norway. FS Library Intnl film 1259725.

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