Laksevåg Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Laksevåg, 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 Family History Library for Laksevåg clerical district. Contains the parish registers of Laksevåg and Loddefjord parishes. They were separated from Askøy clerical district in 1915. For earlier records see Askøy and Fjell clerical districts. Records available from 1875-1926.

Images of digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). Laksevåg: 1910-1945 Laksevåg/Laksevåg: 1910-1945 Laksevåg/Loddefjord: 1915-1934

For earlier records see: Askøy and Fjell

Census Records
See Askøy

Farm Names
53 Damsgaard lille 50 Glædesneset 46 Gravdal 50 Haalen 45 Hesteviken 51 Laksevaag 52 Laksevaagneset 48 Lyngbø 49 Nygaard 49 Nygaardsvik 53 Nygjerdet 50 Oldernes 49 Simonsvik 49 Slettene 59 Stranden 47 Tenebæklien 49 Valeim 54 Voldene

Probate Records
From 1702-1848: Records are found in Nordhordaland, 1702-1910 judicial district.

1848-1895: Records are found in Midhordaland judicial district which was created from Nordhordaland.

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.