Sveio Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy
Guide to Sveio, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
| Sveio Parish | |
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| Stift/Bispedømme/ Diocese |
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| Len 1599-1660 | Bergenhus |
| Amt 1689-1919 | 1660-1763: Bergenhus, 1763-1919: Søndre Bergenhus |
| Fylke 1919-Present | Hordaland |
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| Prestegjeld | Sveio |
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| Tinglag | Sveio |
| Fogderi | Søndhordland |
| Sorenskriveri | Søndhordland |
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Contents
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Microfilm of parish registers are available at the Family History Library for Sveio clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Sveio (Sveen), Vikebygd and Valestrand in Sveio clerical district. Sveio (Sveen) was separated from Finnås clerical district and Vikebygd from Fjelberg clerical district in 1861. Valestrand was separated from Stord clerical district and Øklandsgrenden from Moster parish of Finnås clerical district in 1870. See these clerical districts for earlier years. Records available from 1851-1926.
Digital images of parish records are online for Sveio.
Sveio clerical district: 1861-1948
Census Records[edit | edit source]
For 1865 census and earlier see Finnås.
- 1801 Norway Census, 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
- 1865 Census for Sveio is online as a database at Digitalarkivet Sveio.
- 1865 Norway Census, 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
- 1875 Census Sveio clerical district included, Sveio, Valestrand and Vikebygd parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 273505-273507 and as a database at Digitalarkivet Sveen (Sveio) prestegjeld.
- 1875 Norway Census, 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
- 1891 Census Fana clerical district at Digitalarkivet 1891-telling for Sveio.
- 1891 Norway Census, 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
- 1900 Census Sveio clerical district included, Sveio, Valestrand and Vikebygd parishes. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 274364-274266 and as a database at Digitalarkivet Sveio.
- 1910 Census The 1910 census search for Sveio at Digitalarkivet.
- The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Land Records[edit | edit source]
Farm Books[edit | edit source]
Steinsbø, Simon, Gards- og ættesoge for Sveio, Sveio: Sveio Kommune, c1986 - c1987. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Sveio and Valestrand in Hordaland county, Norway. FHL 948.32/S7 D2s Contents: b. 1. Gamle Valestrand kommune -- b. 2. Skulekrinsane Bua, Vikse, Vandaskog og Sveio -- b. 3. Lid skulekrins og gamle Vestre Vikebygd. Farm name indexes to volumes 2 and 3 are found in the following links. File:948.32-S7 D2s v2 - Sveio 2.pdf, File:948.32-S7 D2s v3 - Sevio 3.pdf
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The farm name indexes referenced above include many more names than the list below. |
Farm Names[edit | edit source]
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:
47 Aasbu 41 Aase 56 Aastø 56 Aastøleitet 63 Afløipet 89 Apeland nordre
72 Bakkene 74 Birkeland 92 Bjelland 79 Botsviken 87 Braatveit vestre 87 Bruervold 52 Bue
70 Dalen 101 Drange 81 Dynje
73 Ekrene 79 Eljeraas 56 Eltrevaag 46 Emberland
80 Fjon 43 Færaas
54 Grimstveit
96 Haukaas 93 Hinderli 55 Hovde
45 Kinn 86 Krossgot 82 Kvalvaag 88 Kvernedalen 56 Kverneneset
44 Lauvaas 91 Li 99 Lier nedre 53 Lier vestre 77 Lindøen 50 Lodseneset 51 Lokne 57 Lyngholmen
97 Moldbrekken 85 Mækjeland 60 Mølstre nordre 61 Mølstrevaagnes
84 Nese 48 Neset 64 Neset 98 Nonsli 56 Nordbø 42 Nordskog 80 Notebakken
102 Rød 58 Rødmyr
56 Sandviken 65 Skaaleskog 56 Skiftestad 66 Strømmen 67 Strømsvold 40 Sveen 58 Søllesviken
48 Tjernagel nordre 49 Tjernagelsholmen 75 Tveit ytre 95 Tveite 94 Tveiteli 78 Tveiteskog 68 Tveitestøl
76 Uren
71 Vaage nordre 72 Vaage søndre 83 Vaage østre 59 Vandeskog 69 Vikse vestre
For two larger lists of farm names, click below, then click again on the next link.
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:948.32-S7_D2s_v2_-_Sveio_2.pdf
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:948.32-S7_D2s_v3_-_Sevio_3.pdf
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
1668-1887: Records are found in Sunnhordaland judicial district.
1690-1877: Clerical probate records are found in Sunnhordaland Deanery.
