Helleland Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Rogaland  County &gt; Helleland

Church Records
Records begin in 1713. Contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Helleland and Bjerkreim with Øvrebygd chapel. Included Heskestad parish to 1820 when it became part of Lund clerical district.

An extract of the church records of Helleland in Rogaland county, 1713- 1834. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet.

Helleland: 1758 Helleland / Helleland: 1713-1841, 1848-1941

Helleland / Helleland, Bjerkreim: 1834-1886

Probate Records
For 1666-1822 the probates are found in Jæren og Dalane judicial district.

For 1823-1882 they are found in Dalane judicial district.

The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Dalane deanery.

Farm Book
A genealogy of the people and their farms in Hetland skipreide (a coastal district whose inhabitants in the Viking period were responsible for manning and equipping a warship) in Rogaland county. These two vols. cover Heskestad and Helleland parishes for a 450 year period. Includes some history.

Heskestad, Olav and Valand, Petrus, "Hetland skipreide i 450 år", Eigersund: Utgitt av Eigersund og Lund kommuner, 1971. 948.31 D2v Vols 1-2 FHL Intl Book

Waula, Jørg Eirik, "Personregister til Helleland sokn gard, ætt og folk", Stavanger, Norway : Rogaland Historie og Ættesogelag, 1997. An index to: "Hetland skipreide in 450 år (v. 2 Helleland gard, ætt og folk) / Petrus Valand og Olav Heskestad.