Tysnes Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Tysnes

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Tysnes prestegjeld(clerical distirict). Contains the parish registers for the parishes Tysnes, Opdal (Uggdal) and Onarheim in Tysnes clerical district. Opdal parish changed name to Uggdal parish in 1933. Records available from 1723-1924.

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

Tysnes: 1723-1793, 1804-1886; Tysnes/Onarheim: 1732-1739, 1887-1945;

Tysnes/Tysnes: 1732-1804, 1855-1935; Tysnes/Uggedal:  1732-1739, 1855-1936

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

1698-1852: Some of the farms in this parish belonged to Rosendal Estate or Lysekloster Estate. If the probate is not found in the district above look at Hardanger og Voss where the probates for Rosendal and Lysekloster were kept.

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