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Church Records

Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for Stord clerical district). Contains the parish registers for Stord clerical district which includes Stord parish. Also included Fitjar parish until 1862 when it became part of the new Fitjar clerical district and Valestrand parish until 1870 when it bacame part of Sveio clerical district. Records avaialable from 1725.


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

Stord: 1725-1861, 1819-1919

Stord/Fitjar: Sjeleregister 1791

Stord/Stord: 1862-1945

Census Records

  • 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall Sundhordland prosti Stord clerical district included Valestrand, Fitjar and Stord parishes. This census was taken by the local parish priests. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122971 Item 3 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a database.
  • 1835 Census Stord clerical district included Valestrand, Fitjar and Stord parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 1283409 Item 2.
  • 1845 Census Stord clerical district included Valestrand, Fitjar and Stord parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 1283409 Item 3.

Court Records

Land Records

Farm Books

Høyland, Ola, Stord bygdebok, Stord : Utgjevar: Stord herad, 1966-1973. A history of Stord in Hordaland county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. Vol. 2 includes an expanded index. FHL 948.32/S3 H2h A farm name index to volume 2 is found in the following link. File:948.32-S3 H2h Vol 2 - STORD.pdf

Tip
 The farm name index referenced above includes many more names than the list below.

Farm Names

28 Aadland 6 Agdestein 56 Almaas 48 Birkeland 39 Bjelland nordre 8 Borevik 5 Bortveit 2 Brandvik store 21 Breiviken 32 Dale 52 Digernes 59 Diviken 44 Eldøen 9 Elvepladset 12 Eskeland nedre 51 Føien 10 Førland 50 Grindevik 9 Grov 24 Haga 47 Hatland 15 Haugland 1 Haukenes 9 Heimebøen 7 Hetlesæter 46 Horneland 49 Hornelandsvaagen 26 Hysingstad 41 Høiland 31 Isdal 45 Kaarevik 35 Kaneteig 19 Kivik 43 Langeland 38 Leirvik 34 Lillebø nedre 33 Lillebø øvre 18 Lunde 17 Lunde-Mandsværk 37 Løning 4 Mehammer 26 Midtøen 60 Mjelkvik 63 Morken 38 Naustneset 54 Nes 3 Nordhuglen 57 Nysæter 27 Orninggaard 62 Peterteigen 22 Præstegaarden 14 Præsthaug 20 Rommetveit nedre 28 Sagneset 13 Solhaug 61 Stokken østre 36 Stue 53 Sætrevik 25 Sæverhagen 16 Tveite nordre 42 Tveite søndre 55 Valvatne 29 Vatne 58 Vikenes 23 Økland nedre 30 Økland øvre

Probate Records

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

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

References

Oluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names

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