Skåre Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Contain priest and sexton records from the parishes. 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 / Skåre: 1873-1935


 * Torvastad: 1753-1817


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


 * Torvastad / Skåre, Torvastad: 1847-1856

Census Records

 * For 1875 and earlier see Torvastad


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Skåre is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Skåre is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It contains the persons name, sex, whether resident or temporary resident, those absent from the parish and their location at the time of the census, position in the family, marital status, occupation, year of birth, place of birth, citizenship, religion, and other miscellaneous information. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Skåre is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Probate Records
For 1666-1795 the probates are found in Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district. For 1793-1901 they are found in Karmsund judicial district. 1866-1883 probate records Haugesund City judicial district. The clerical probates for 1692-1812 are found in Karmsund deanery.

Availability
Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district *1666-1795 Family History Library *1666-1795 Digitalarkivet *1666-1815 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet

Karmsund judicial district *1793-1901 Family History Library *1793-1901 Digitalarkivet.

Karmsund deanery *1692-1812 Clerical probate records Family History Library *1692-1812 Digitalarkivet.

Haugesund City judicial district *1866-1883 Family History Library *1867-1928 Digitalarkivet

Haugesund judicial district *1865-1883 Digitalarkivet

Farm Book
Farm and family histories of Skåre parish, Rogaland county, Norway. Langhelle, Arne, 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.

Farm Names
20 Aarebrot, 24 Austreim 12 Bakken, 26 Beitene, 16 Bergstøl, 17 Bleiviken  3 Fedjedal, 19 Førland, 19 Førlandsvaag  26 Gar, 27 Gitterø, 29 Grønhaug, 18 Grønhiller  14 Hagland lille, 6 Halseid, 28 Hauge, 11 Haugen, 30 Heien, 34 Hemmingstad, 35 Hovaasen  7 Kalleland, 23 Kringle, 22 Kvale, 23 Kvernedalen, 23 Kverneneset  31 Lillesund, 26 Liveskaar  11 Moseskarhaugen, 35 Mæland  35 Rossebø, 27 Røvær  36 Sakkestad, 32 Saltveit, 10 Saltveit-Ødegaarden, 5 Skastad, 24 Skeisvold, 8 Skokland, 23 Steinsnes, 33 Storesund, 9 Storstein, 13 Støle, 30 Sørhaug  21 Tornes, 34 Træet, 4 Tømmerdal  1 Vasbrekken, 11 Vikse søndre, 25 Vistad  2 Ørpetveit