Kinn (Kinden) Parish, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Genealogy

Europe Norway Sogn og Fjordane County Kinn 

Guide to Kinn, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records

Church Records
Kinn clerical district contains the parish registers for the parishes Kinn (Kinden), Florø, Bru (Svanø), Eikefjord, and Nordallsfjord chapel. It also included Bremanger until 1863.

The Family History Library has microfilmed the

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet.

Kinn: 1689-1885

Kinn / Bru (Svanøy: 1854-1922

Kinn / Eikefjord: 1864-1926

Kinn / Florø: 1883-1916

Kinn / Kinn: 1882-1964

Kinn / Kinn, Eikefjord: 1853-1868

Census Records

 * Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 civil census for Kinn (Kinden) clerical district include the parishes of Bremanger, Bru and Kinn and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives).


 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Kinn (Kinden) include the parishes of Kinn, Bru and Bremanger and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701. The 1701 census for Kinn (Kinden) clerical district include the parishes of Kinn, Bremanger and Bru and is avaialble on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives).


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Kinn (Kinden) clerical district include the parishes of Kinn, Bru, Bremanger and Eikefjord and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives).


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Kinn (Kinden) clerical district include the parishes of Kinn, Bru, Eikefjord and Florø and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. this census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archvies) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Kinn (Kinden) clerical district include the parishes of Kinn, Florø, Bru and Eikefjord and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Kinn (Kinden) clerical district include the parishes of Kinn, Bru, Eikefjord and Florø and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as wll as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Kinn is available online at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Names
20 Aalvora 32 Aannøen 10 Aarebrotsvaagen 21 Andalen 4 Bareksten 5 Bareksteneset 34 Batalden lille 18 Brandsøen 4 Demmeneset 2 Domben 44 Espesæter 16 Fanevik 27 Florøen 29 Furesund 2 Gjerdet 17 Grønengen 43 Guldholmen 48 Hammersæter 15 Haukaaen 26 Havikbotnen 46 Holmesund 1 Hovden 1 Kalvegjerdet 39 Kinn 28 Kinn Præstegaard 39 Kinnesund 3 Kjeitang 3 Kjeøen 14 Klaua 42 Klokkerneset 24 Krokene 25 Krokevold 8 Kvalvik 35 Kvaløsund 44 Kvammene 43 Kvamsholmen 1 Kvannhovden 30 Nekøen nordre 19 Nyttingnes 11 Nærøerne 36 Pladsen 12 Pusevik 41 Reksten indre 40 Reksten ytre 6 Seljestokken 38 Skorpeidet 37 Skorpen 23 Soleim 46 Sunde 7 Søndervaag 45 Tansøen 13 Tirdalen 1 Træet 9 Uren 47 Vallestad 43 Valviken 22 Veiesund 23 Verpeviken

Kinn (Kinden): Hovden,

Probate Records
1677-1881: Probates may be found in Sunnfjord judicial district.

1794-1846: Clerical probates may be found in Sunnfjord Deanery.