Fitjar Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Fitjar

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Fitjar clerical district). Contains parish registers for Fitjar parish with Bekkjarvik chapel. Fitjar was separated from Stord clerical district in 1862. For earlier records see Stord clerical district. Records available from 1862-1928.

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

Fitjar: 1862-1899

Fitjar/Bekkjarvik: 1900-1928

Fitjar/Fitjar: 1887-1928

For earlier records see Stord

Census Records
See Stord for census records before 1865.


 * 1865 Census Fitjar clerical district is on microfilm at Family History Library Film 123068 Item 4 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1865-telling for 1222 Fitje.


 * 1875 Census Fitjar clerical district is on microfilm at Family History Library Film 273502.


 * 1900 Census Fitjar clerical district is on microfilm at Family History Library Films 274273-274274 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1900-telling for 1222 Fitjar.


 * 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.

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.

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