Sørbø Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Records for Sørbø begin in 1668. The church books contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Hausken, Sørbø, Askø, Utstein Kloster and Kvitsøy (Hvidingsø) in. The parishes Askøy (Askø) and Utstein Kloster became the new Mosterøy parish 1899. All these records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Rennesøy / Sørbø: 1878-1941


 * Rennesøy / Hausken, Sørbø, Utstein kloster: 1838-1859


 * Rennesøy: 1668-1737, 1749-1841, 1852-1898

Census Records
See Rennesøy

Probate Records
For 1666-1795 the probates are in the combined Ryfylke and Karmsund judicial district. For 1786-1876 they are found in Ryfylke judicial district. The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Ryfylke deanery deanery. `

Availability
Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district *1666-1795 *1666-1795 Digitalarkivet *1666-1788 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Ryfylke judicial district *1786-1876 Family History Library *1786-1876 Digitalarkivet

Ryfylke deanery *1786-1807 Clerical probate records Family History Library *1786-1807 Digitalarkivet.

Farm Names
7 Asmarvig 5 Bø  13 Ertenstein  3 Galte  11 Hommervold  2 Reianes nordre 10 Rise  6 Segleim 8 Steinsland 9 Stokdal 12 Sørbø  4 Vold