Skånevik Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Skånevik, 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 Skånevik clerical district). Contains the parish registers for the parishes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkra with Fjære chapel. Records available from 1745-1925.

Digital images of parish records are online for Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkra (Åkre).

Skånevik clerical district: 1745-1924

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Sundhordland fogderi Skaanevik (Skånevik) skibrede Skånevik clerical district included Skånevik, Åkre and Holmedal parishes. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122979 Item 4 and at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.


 * 1664-1666 Census Sundhordland prosti Skånevik clerical district included Skånevik, Åkre and Holmedal parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122971 Item 3 and at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.


 * 1701 Census Skånevik clerical district includedSkånevik, Åkre and Holmedal parishes. Available at Digitalarkivet and microfilm images from the Family History Library Film 122983 Item 1 See also Fjelberg.


 * 1801 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 123002 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1815 Census Skånevik clerical district included Skånevik, Holmedal and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 1283409 Item 6 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1825 Census Skånevik clerical district included Skånevik, Holmedal and Åkre parishes. Available at Digitalarkivet Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 1283409 Item 6.


 * 1865 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 123002 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Films 273512-273513 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1891 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes and is found online as a database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1900 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Films 274256-274257 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1910 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes and is found online as a database at Digitalarkivet.


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center.

Farm Books
Haugland, Anders, Skåneviksoga, Skånevik : Skånevik bygdeboknemnd, 1981-. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Skånevik in Hordaland county with some history. FHL 948.32S5 D2h Farm name indexes to volumes 1 and 2 are found in the following links. ,

Note: Volume 1 refers to farms in Holmedal parish. Volume 2 refers to farms in Åkre parish.

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

115 Aarviken 101 Aaseim 113 Aksland 116 Ebne midtre 101 Ekrene  94 Flesje  112 Gjelmervik  99 Haalen 101 Haugen 106 Hygga  114 Lauvviken 106 Leknes  96 Mid-Vannes 103 Milje 110 Molnes 109 Mortveit  95 Nes indre 99 Nes ytre 114 Neset 98 Nesvaagen  118 Sandvik nedre 105 Skaalnes ytre 100 Skaanevik Præstegaard 108 Skoge  111 Taraldsøen 107 Tendalen 107 Tendalsviken 98 Tjelflaat 104 Tjelle 93 Tungesvik ytre 115 Tveitevolden  102 Valdre 97 Vannes

For two larger lists of farm names, click below, then click again on the next link.

https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:948.32-S5_D2h_V1_-_Sk%C3%A5neviksoga.pdf

https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:948.32-S5_D2h_V2_-_Sk%C3%A5nekiksoga.pdf

Genealogy
Løvig, Christopher Christophersen: Lensmann Løvig's samlinger.

Lensmann Christopher Chrisophersen Løvig samlinger fra Hordaland Fylke (Sunnhordland) i Norge. Omfatter gårde og bygdehistorier, skjøter, skifte dokumenter, rettsaker, embetsprotokoller, sagas, genealogi, brev og andre forskjellige saker som har med hans distrikt å gjøre.

The records of bailiff Christopher Christophersen Løvig of Hordaland County, Norway. Includes correspondence, records of the farms in his district, research notes, court records, deeds, sagas, probate records, genealogies and other miscellaneous information pertaining to the district of Sunnhordland.

Includes a genealogy of the descendants of Jakob Lauritsen Slee who was living on the farm Aarbakke in Tysnes, Hordaland County in 1591 and on the farm Opdal in Tysnes, Hordaland from 1601 to 1632.

Includes Rustung, Nes, Hauge, Nervik, Rømsø, Sjø, Slee, Lovereide, Orm, Orning, Ænes, Smør, Sjo, Sæbo, Althan and related families. FHL Intnl film 1694098 item 2, 1694102, 1694099, 1694101

Hougen, Olaf A. (Olaf Andreas), 1893. Emigration centennial of Jens Johannessen and christine Olsdatter Hougen, 1857-1957: celbration at Story City, Iowa, Sunday, June 30, 1957.

Includes Dahl, Falnes, Fjellhaugen, Johnson, Mathiason, Wilson and related families.

"Only 250 copies of this booklet have been printed."

Jens Johannessen Hougen (1830-1903) married Christine Olsdatter, and in 1857 the family immigrated from Norway to Clinton County, Iowa. Descendants and relatives lived in Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Washington, Oregon, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in Skånevik parish and Kvinnherad parish, Hordaland County, and elsewhere in Norway.

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

1695-1852: For those farms, which were under the Rosendal Estate, records are found in Hardanger og Voss judicial district.

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