Sund Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Sund

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for (clerical district). Contains the parish registers for Sund parish with Kausland chapel. Included Fjell parish and Askøy (which at the time was an annex under Fjell) to 1813. Fjell was then together with Sund in 1819 and Askøy under the jurisdiction of the priest of St. Jørgens Hospital until 1842 when they both became the new "Fjell and Askøy sognekall" which lasted until 1871 when they both became their own clerical districts. Included also Austevoll and Møkster parishes until 1910. According to tradition in the area some of the church books were ruined by a dog. Records are available from 1729-1881.

Images of digitized parish registers are available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). Sund: 1729-1881;

Sund/Austevoll: 1882-1899; Sund/Kausland:  1913-1928; Sund/Møkster:  1882-1899; Sund/Sund:  1852-1911

Census Records:
1701 Census for Sund

1801 Census for Sund

1865 Census for Sund

1875 Census for Sund

1900 Census for Sund

1910 Census for Sund

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.