Strandvik Parish, Hordaland, Norway Genealogy
Guide to Strandvik Parish, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
| Strandvik | |
| Jurisdictions | |
| Kommune | Bjørnafjorden |
| Kommune Code | NUMBER |
| Region | Vestlandet |
| Prestegjeld | Fuse |
| Diocese | Bjørgvin (1070-1537) included Bergen, Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane, Bjørgvin (1538-today) |
| Prosti | Fana prosti |
| Len (1599-1660) | Bergenhus |
| Amt (1689-1919) | 1660-1763: Bergenhus, 1763-1919: Søndre Bergenhus |
| Fylke (1919-2020) | Hordaland |
| Sorenskriveri | Sunnhordaland |
| Skifterett | Sunnhordaland |
| Fogderi | Søndhordlehn og Hardange |
| Tinglag | Strandvik |
| Skipreide | Strandvíkr |
History
Places
See a Gazetteer for more information about a place.
Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:
125 Aabotenes 85 Aakre 113 Aarviken 122 Austefjord
111 Baartveit lille 107 Balleseim lille 132 Berge 133 Bergsvaagen 134 Biskopshavn 115 Bjørkestølen 82 Boge
80 Dalland 79 Djupvik
99 Engevik
114 Femanger 123 Fossaaen
91 Haavik 105 Haga nedre 96 Hatletveit 90 Hauge 93 Haugen søndre 95 Henanger med Hjortedal 119 Hjartaaker 117 Hjartnes
90 Kirketeigen 110 Kleppe søndre 83 Kvaale 112 Kvernegaaten
89 Legland 92 Ljotaaen 121 Lygre
97 Markhus 100 Mjaanes
130 Nesbjør 129 Nesbjørneset 118 Nordtveit
81 Rein 101 Revne 103 Russaas
98 Sandal 102 Selsvold 116 Skaar 77 Skaate 126 Skutlebraatet 89 Spandsteigen 124 Sundfjord 120 Sundvor 113 Svinestein 88 Særvold østre 94 Sævereid 109 Sørtveit
131 Teige 84 Toft 108 Tveit østre med Skomstveit
127 Vaagen nedre 86 Vik lille 78 Vinnes
115 Yddal
For a larger list of farms, click here, then click on the link:
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:948.32-F3_D2s_V4_-_Fusa-Halandsdal-strandvik.pdf
Surrounding Parishes
Parishes are listed in clockwise order, beginning at the north.
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
Early 1664-1666, 1701, 1801 see Os
- 1865, 1875, 1891, 1900 see Fusa
- 1870 Norway Census, 1870 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1900 Norway, Census, 1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1910 1910 census for Strandvik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Strandvik; Also at: RHD
- 1920 1920 census for Strandvik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Strandvik
Church Records
Civil Registration
Compiled Genealogies
Farm Books
Skaathun, O.B.,Soga for Fusa : Hålandsdal og Strandvik, Bergen : A.S. Centraltrykkeriet, 1961-1967. A genealogy of the people and their farms and a history of Fusa clerical district which includes Hålandsdal and Strandvik in Hordaland county. FS Library 948.32/F3 D2sFarm name indexes to volumes 2-4 are found in the following links.
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| Tip: The farm name indexes referenced above include many more names than the list below. |
Court Records
Emigration and Immigration
Land and Property
Probate Records
1668-1848: Records are found in Sunnhordaland judicial district.
1848-1895: Records are found in Midhordaland judicial district which was created from Nordhordaland.
1800-1852: Some of the farms in this parish belonged to the Rosendal Estate or Lysekloster Estate. If the probate is not found in the district above look at Hardanger og Voss where the probates for Rosendal and Lysekloster were kept.
1690-1877: Clerical probate records are found in Sunnhordaland Deanery.
Taxation
Repositories
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Archives
Libraries
Societies
Research Helps
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