Tysnes Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Tysnes

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Tysnes clerical distirict) contains the parish registers for the parishes Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim in Tysnes clerical district. Opdal parish changed name to Uggdal parish in 1933. Records available from 1723-1924.

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

Tysnes: 1723-1793, 1804-1886

Tysnes/Onarheim: 1732-1739, 1887-1945;

Tysnes/Tysnes: 1732-1804, 1855-1935

Tysnes/Uggedal: 1732-1739, 1855-1936

Census Records

 * 1664-4666 Census Fogd og sorenskrivers manntall Sønhordland Fogderi included Føn skibrede and parishes, Opdal skibrede and parishes, Vaag skibrede and parishes. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 122979 Item 4 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.


 * 1664-4666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall Sundhordland Prosti This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 122971 Item 3 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a databasee.


 * 1701 Census It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 122983 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as Manntal 1701 for Søndre Bergenhus amt.


 * 1801 Census Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 123002 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1801-telling for 1223 Tysnes.


 * 1865 Census Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Film 123068 Item 5 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1865-telling for 1223 Tysnæs.


 * 1875 Census Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Films 273503-273504 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1875-teljinga for 1223 Tysnes.


 * 1900 Census Tysnes clerical district included Tysnes, Opdal and Onarheim parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Libary Films 274275-274277 and online at Digitalarkivet as 1900-telling for 1223 Tysnæs.


 * 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.

Probate Records
1668-1887: Records are found in Sunnhordaland judicial district.

1698-1852: Some of the farms in this parish belonged to Rosendal Estate or Lysekloster Estate. If the probate is not found in the district above look at Hardanger og Voss where the probates for Rosendal and Lysekloster were kept.

1690-1877: Clerical probate records are found in Sunnhordaland Deanery.