Erfjord Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy
Guide to Erfjord, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
| Erfjord Parish | |
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| Jurisdictions | |
| Stift/Bispedømme/ Diocese |
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| Prosti | add here |
| Len 1599-1660 | Stavanger |
| Amt 1689-1919 | 1662-1682: Stavanger stiftamt, 1682-1919: Stavanger amt |
| Fylke 1919-Present | Rogaland |
| Region | add here |
| Prestegjeld | Jelsa |
| Kommune | add here |
| Skifteretten | add here |
| Tinglag | Jelsa |
| Fogderi | Ryfylke |
| Sorenskriveri | Ryfylke |
| Skipreide | add here |
Contents
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- Church record begin in 1695 and are part of Jelsa clerical district. They contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Jelsa, Sand and Erfjord. Erfjord was established in 1877 as its own parish. Jelsa clerical district included Sand parish until 1858. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. There is also an extract of the birth, marriage, and death records from the church books from Jelsa clerical district which includes Jelsa, Erfjord, and Sand parishes in Rogaland county, 1695-1828.
- Digitzed images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
Census Records[edit | edit source]
See Jelsa
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Land Records[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
For 1666-1795 the probates are in the combined Ryfylke and Karmsund judicial district.
For 1786-1876 they are found in Ryfylke judicial district.
The clerical probates for 1729-1807 are found in Ryfylke deanery deanery. `
Availability[edit | edit source]
Ryfylke og Karmsund judicial district
*1666-1795 Family History Library
*1666-1795 Digitalarkivet
*1666-1788 Probate card indexes sorted by farm name Digitalarkivet
Ryfylke judicial district
*1786-1876 Family History Library
*1786-1876 Digitalarkivet
Ryfylke deanery
*1786-1807 Clerical probate records Family History Library
*1786-1807 Digitalarkivet.
Farm Book[edit | edit source]
- Farm and family histories of Erfjord, Rogaland co., Norway.
Drange, Ernst Berge, Erfjord: gardar og folk, Sand: Suldal kommune, c2004 Vol. 1. Erfjordbygdå, Lovradalen og Tøssebotnen (Gardsnummer 48-60) -- Vol. 2. Fjedle, Håland med Hålandsosen og fardane sør i fjorden (Gardsnummer 61-72), Register. 948.31/E2 D2 FHL Intl Book
- A genealogy of the people and their social customs in Erfjord in Rogaland county. With a supplement index by Jørg Eirik Waula.
Våge, Magnus, Erfjord bygdebok frå ætte- og kultursoga, Stavanger, Norway: Utgjevar Erfjord kommune, 1959 948.31/E2 D2 FHL Intl Book
Farm Names[edit | edit source]
69 Aas
49 Bog, 67 Bogland vestre, 55 Breiviken, 50 Bøen, 52 Bøen
50 Erfjord, 51 Erøen
52 Farmandsviken, 64 Frøkedalen, 54 Føljesvold
68 Haaland, 56 Hamre, 61 Haukelien, 61 Hausland, 65 Helgeland
71 Kilene, 57 Kolstø, 72
Langviken, 52 Leverskjær, 55 Lovre
64 Natland
51 Porsmyren
58 Rød, 62 Rørtveit
68 Sagtoen, 48 Sandviken, 50 Skjærehaugen, 55 Spøneflaaten, 60 Sørhus
52 Tennes, 66 Tveit, 59 Tysse
70 Vaagene, 65 Varaas, 53 Vik
63 Østerhus
