Skåre Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Rogaland County &gt; Skåre

Church Records
Contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Haugesund and Skåre. They were separated from Torvastad clerical district in 1879. Torvastad records begin in 1753. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Haugesund: 1891-1941


 * Haugesund / Haugesund: 1878-1934


 * Haugesund / Skåre: 1873-1935


 * Torvastad: 1753-1817


 * Torvastad / Skåre: 1817-1847, 1850-1877


 * Torvastad / Skåre, Torvastad: 1847-1856

There was a Methodist congregation in Haugesund from 1890 to 1892.

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=512764&disp=Record+of+members%2C+1850%2D1952%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Haugesund Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1850-1952]. The Record of members includes baptisms, confirmations, blessings of children, priesthood ordinations, minutes of meetings, emigrations, deaths, excommunications, and other miscellaneous information. The Bergen Conference (District) includes these branches: Bergen in Bergen County, Stavanger and Haugesund in Rogaland County, and Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal County.

Probate Records
Probate records for the years 1666-1795 are in the combined Ryfylke and Karmsund judicial districts in Rogaland county.

For 1793-1901 the records are in the Karmsund judicial district.

The clerical probates are found in Karmsund deanery in Rogaland county, Norway. They are for the years 1692-1812.

1866-1883 probate records for the Haugesund city judicial district.

Farm Book
Farm and family histories of Skåre parish, Rogaland county, Norway. Langhelle, Arne, "Gard og folk i Skåre," Haugesund: Haugesund kommune, 1999. 948.31/S14 H2g H2g 2 vols. FHL INTL Book

Contents: vol. 1. Gardane Vassbrekkå, Ørpetveit, Fedjedal, Tømmerdal, Skastad, Halseid, Kalland, Skokland, Storstein, Saltveit, Søra Vikse, Bakken, Støle, Hagland litle/austre, Hagland store/vestre, Bergstøl, Bleivik, Grønhidler, Førland, Årabrot, Tornes, Kvala, Steinsnes, Austrheim, Veste. -

vol. 2. Gardane Gardå, Røvær, Haugå, Grønhaug, Sørhaug, Litlasund, Saltveit (Øydegarden), Storasund, Hemmingstad, Rossabø, Sakkestad, Vibrandsøy, Hasseløy, Risøy.