Skånevik Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Hordaland County &gt; Skånevik

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the Family History Library for (clerical district). Contains the parish registers for the parishes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkra (Åkre) with '''Fjære chapel. '''Records available from 1745-1925.

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

Skånevik: 1745-1878

Skånevik/ Holmedal: 1879-1917

Skånevik/Skånevik: 1860-1924

Skånevik/Åkra:  1860-1920

Census Records
1664-1666 Census Sundhordland fogderi Skaanevik (Skånevik) skibrede Skånevik clerical district included Skånevik, Åkre and Holmedal parishes. This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122979 Item 4 and at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.

1664-1666 Census Sundhordland prosti Skånevik clerical district included Skånevik, Åkre and Holmedal parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122971 Item 3 and at Digitalarkivet as http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:db_read/ft/35516/ scanned images] and as a searchable database.

1701 Census Skånevik clerical district included Skånevik, Åkre and Holmedal parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122983 Item 1 See also Fjelberg.
 * 1801 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 123002 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1801-telling for 1212 Sconevig.


 * 1815 Census Skånevik clerical district included Skånevik, Holmedal and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 1283409 Item 6.


 * 1825 Census Skånevik clerical district included Skånevik, Holmedal and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 1283409 Item 6.


 * 1865 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 123002 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1865-telling for 1212 Skaanevig.


 * 1875 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Films 273512-273513 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1875-teljinga for 1212 Skånevik.


 * 1900 Census Skånevik clerical district includes Skånevik, Holmedal, and Åkre parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Films 274256-274257 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1900-telling for 1212 Skåneviks.


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center.

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

1695-1852: For those farms, which were under the Rosendal Estate, records are found in Hardanger og Voss judicial district.

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