Orre Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Records for clerical district begin in 1787. They contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Klepp, Orre and Bore. The earlier church records were burned in 1784 and 1793. These records are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Records of the in Klepp and Stavanger from 1859 to 1903. Includes lists of members, births and deaths.

Census Records
See Klepp

Probate Records
For 1666-1822 the probates are found in Jæren og Dalane judicial district. For 1823-1882 they are found in Jæren judicial district. The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Jæren deanery. `

Availability
Jæren og Dalane judicial district *1666-1822 *1667-1860 Digitalarkivet *1666-1815 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Jæren judicial district *1763-1821 FamilySearch Library *1859-1896 Digitalarkivet.

Jæren deanery *1763-1821 Clerical probate records FamilySearch Library *1763-1821 Digitalarkivet.

Farm Book

 * A genealogy of the people and the farms they lived on in Klepp in Rogaland county with some history of the area.

Brunes, Erling and Øvregård, Andreas,, Stavanger, Norway: Utgjeve ved Klepp kommune, 1963 948.31/K1 D2b FS Library Intl Book


 * Index to Klepp gards- og ættesoga gjenom 400 år

Waula, Jørg Eirik Waula,, Stavanger, Norway : Rogaland Historie og Ættesogelag, 1996. 948.31/K1 D2b index FS Library INTL Book

Farm Names
37 Aase nedre 30 Breiholen, 33 Brenderholen, 36 Bækken  34 Digerheien  30 Erga  32 Grødeland  31 Heien, 28 Horpestad nedre  33 Kjelsholen  40 Orre  31 Pollestad  29 Rosland store  34 Salte midtre, 38 Skeie  39 Vig