Jondal Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
see Strandebarm

Census Records
See Strandebarm for census records 1865 and earlier.


 * 1875 Census for Jondal available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1891 Census available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900 Census for Jondal available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1910 Census for Jondal available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1920 Census for Jondal available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1939-1952 Municipal Censuses for Jondal  Kommune available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


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

Farm Books
Kolltveit, Olav,Jondal i gamal og ny tid, Jondal : Utgjevi ved Jondal bygdeboknemnd, 1953. A history of Jondal in Hordaland county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Losnegård, Gaute, 1970-: Jondal kommune: gards- og slektssoge: Farm and family histories in Jondal Community, Hordaland co., Norway. FS Library 948.32/J1 D2

Kolltveit, Olav, 1895-1979: Jondal i gamal og ny tid:

Innhold: del 1. Bygdesoga -- del. 2. Gards- og ættesoga.

A history of Jondal in Hordaland county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. FS Library 948.32/J1 H2

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

40 Aase indre 41 Augestad 20 Baggegaarden 9 Bakke 35 Belsnes 46 Berge indre 26 Birkeland 17 Brattebø 29 Brekke indre  42 Drage 21 Drebrekke  25 Eide 38 Eide 8 Eiken 24 Espeland  18 Flatebø  37 Gangdal 1 Grimsdalen 27 Guntveit  48 Halleraaker 23 Handegaard 12 Haugen 49 Heradstveit 13 Hæreiane  16 Kopren 19 Kvaale 39 Kvitestein  43 Lysen  22 Molven 36 Myren 2 Mælen  28 Præstegaard  15 Saalesnes 5 Samland 1 Samleneset 14 Selsvik 13 Svaasand 32 Sætveit 3 Sæverhagen  47 Tofte 36 Torsnes 7 Traa nedre 44 Tveit 10 Tveit i Herandsbygden 45 Tørviken  30 Underhaugen  4 Vassel 11 Vik indre 31 Vik ytre 33 Vikene indre  36 Øijorden

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Genealogy
Måge, Knut L.: Brattabø-slekta på Bleie: A genealogy of the Brattabø and Bleie families from the farms Brattabø in Jondal and Bleie in Vikebygd in Hordaland county, Norway. This is a reprint of an article in the Hardanger Historielags periodical for 1956. FS Library 929.2481 B615 Available through the FamilySearch Catalog

Galtung, Johan Ellertsen, 1872-1953; Galtung, L. F. (Laurits Fredrik), 1901-1983: Galtungslekten i fortidd og nutid: A genealogy and a history of the Galtung family from Jondal in Hordaland county in Norway. Includes several articles from the "Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift", "Ætt og Heim " 1950 and "Hardanger" 1950 concerning the family history. FS Library 929.2481 G139. To view a digital version click here

Storaas, Alfred: Herandsholmen, ein minnekrans om min barndomsheim. A genealogy of the Lars Torstenson Storaas (1847-1925) and Aagaata Asbjornsdtr Alvsaaker (1855-1943) family from Herandsholmen in Jondal parish in Strandebarm clerical district in Hordaland county. FS Library 929.2481 St74. Available through the FamilySearch Catalog

Hausberg, Sverre: Ætti til riksråd Ole Monsson Mjelde, fødd 1865, død 1942.

Mjelde historie med genealogi etter Ole Monsson Mjelde.

History of Mjelde, Norway and central Hordaland through the family of Ole Monsson Mjelde. FS Library 948.32/M5 D2

Probate Records
1695-1881: Records are found in Hardanger og Voss judicial district.