Kopervik Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Church Records
Records begin in 1711 when Kopervik parish was included in Avaldsnes clerical district. It included Kopervik parish from 1855-1887 which became its own clerical district in 1888. Separate books were kept from 1881 for Kopervik bysogn and Kopervik landsogn (Stangaland), and also for the parish clerks records from 1891.

Kopervik clerical district contains priest and sexton records from the parishes Kopervik and Åkra. Kopervik parish was separated from Avaldsnes clerical district in 1887 and together with Åkra parish from Skudenes clerical district became Kopervik clerical district on 1 Jan 1888. Earlier records for Åkra parish burned in 1841.

Digital images of the church books are available at Digitalarkivet.

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Avaldsnes / Avaldsnes)

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Avaldsnes / Avaldsnes, Kopervik)

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Avaldsnes / Kopervik)

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Kopervik / Bysoknet)

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Kopervik / Kopervik)

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Kopervik / Kopervik og Åkra)

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Kopervik / Ladestedet)

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Kopervik / Landsoknet)

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Kopervik / Åkra)

Probate Records
1666-1795   Probate records are found in Karmsund og Ryfylke judicial district.

1793-1901   Probate records are found in Karmsund judicial district.

1692-1812   Clerical probates are found in Karmsund deanery.

Farm Book
A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Stangaland and Kopervik communities on the island, Karmøy, in Rogaland county, Norway.

Lillehammer, Arnvid, Stangaland og Kopervik, Karmøy : Utgitt av Bygdebokutvalget i Karmøy, 1985.

948.31/S13 D2L FHL Intl Book

An internet version of this book is found on the internet.

www.slektsforumkarmoy.no/b-bok/gardsliste.html

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