Myking Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Myking

Church Records
See Lindås

Census Records
See Lindås

Farm Books
Toft, Martin, Bygdebok for Lindås, [Norway] : Lindås bygdeboknemnd, 1981-. Genealogies of the people and their farms in Myking parish (v. 1) and Lygra and (Hundvin) parishes (v. 2) in Lindås clerical district in Hordaland county along with some history of the area. FHL 948.32/L1 D2t Contents: v. 1. Myking sokn : Gards- og ættesoge -- v. 2. Lygra og Hundvin sokner : Gards- og personhistorie / Olav Ones -- v. 3. Lindås sokn, gards- og ættesoge gnr 87 - gnr 108 / Arvid Skogseth -- v. 4. Lindås sokn, gards- og ættesoge gnr 109-gnr 127 / Arvid Skogseth.

A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

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

6 Aadnaas 14 Aas nedre 13 Aas øvre 22 Asgaard 16 Askeland nordre 17 Askelandsøren 33 Bammen 34 Bjørnevold 5 Dyrdal 2 Eikebotnen 1 Einestrand 24 Fammestad 48 Fjellsbø nordre 49 Fjellsbø søndre 9 Gjelsvik 26 Groven 44 Grøvlen 32 Hagen 29 Hauge 20 Hinnenes indre 38 Hodne 39 Hodnekvamme 40 Hodneland 11 Hølland 33 Jordøl 3 Kikall 32 Kleven 19 Kvamme 31 Li 37 Myking 37 Mykinghellen 30 Myr 24 Myren 27 Myren 43 Nataas 8 Nesbø 9 Norddalen 35 Nævdal 27 Optun 28 Reikeraas 41 Ringaas 15 Rød 10 Rødland 4 Skaar 38 Skaret 44 Skaue 37 Skaulebakken 45 Sletten 36 Smørdal 7 Stallen 38 Svaet 23 Svindal 42 Sæveraas 18 Tofte 25 Tveite nedre 27 Tveite øvre 46 Tveiten 25 Uren 38 Uren 47 Vefjeld 12 Veland

For a larger list of farm names, click on this link:, then click again on the next link.

Probate Records
From 1702-1910: Records are found in Nordhordaland, 1702-1910 judicial district.

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.