Hordaland County, Norway Genealogy

Europe Norway Hordaland County

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

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Government Offices and Sites

 * Hordaland Fylke

Censuses
The parish priest's census (scanned)


 * Sunnhordland prosti, Manntall 20, 1664 - 1666
 * Hardanger prosti, Manntall 21, 1664 - 1666
 * Nordhordland prosti, Manntall 22, 1664 - 1666

The bailiff and the magistrate's census (scanned)


 * Sunnhordaland fogderi, Nordhordaland fodgeri, fogdemanntall 13, 1665
 * Hardanger len, Indre Sogn fogderi, Ytre Sogn fogderi, Fogdemanntall 14, 1664-1665 (parishes in Indre Sogn and Ytre Sogn belongs to Sogn og Fjordane county)


 * Sunnhordland fogderi, Hardanger fogderi., Manntall 6, 1701
 * Nordhordland fogderi, Manntall 7, 1701


 * 1801 Census
 * 1865 Census
 * 1875 Census Partial
 * Norway Census, 1875 FamilySearch database
 * 1885 Census (cities)
 * 1891 Census (scanned)
 * 1900 Census
 * 1910 Census

Church Records
Photos of churches in Hordaland

Land Records
1886 and 1838 land registers are found at The Norwegian Historical Data Centre. These are Excel files, which can be downloaded. The give the name of the farm, the farm owner, and the amount of tax. Both farms and sub-farms are included.

Military Records

 * Militærrulle 1658 for Bergenhusiske infanteriregiment, Nordhordlandske kompani
 * Militærrulle 1714 over mannskap i Nærøy skipreide
 * Militærrulle 1722 for Voss

Passenger Lists

 * Pass for emigration to America issued in Bergen 1842-1860
 * Skipslister for Bergen-New York 1871-1873
 * Skipslister for Bergen-Quebec (Canada) 1865-1873
 * Emigranter over Bergen 1874-1930

Probate Records
Digitised probate records for Hordaland county

Databases of probate indexes for Hordaland county

Probate Jurisdictions
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Taxation
Oppebørselbok for Rosendalsgodset 1796-1800. (A record of taxes received for Rosendal Baroniet from 1796-1800).
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