Sørbø Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Norway

Rogaland County

Sørbø

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

Sørbø Parish
Jurisdictions
Stift/Bispedømme/ Diocese	add here
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	Rennesø
Kommune	add here
Skifteretten	add here
Tinglag	Rennesø
Fogderi	Ryfylke
Sorenskriveri	Ryfylke
Skipreide	add here

Church Records

• Records for Sørbø begin in 1668. The church books contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Hausken, Sørbø, Askø, Utstein Kloster and Kvitsøy (Hvidingsø) in Rennesøy (Hausken) clerical district. The parishes Askøy (Askø) and Utstein Kloster became the new Mosterøy parish 1899. All these records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.
  
  

• Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records

See Rennesøy

Probate Records

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

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 Names

7 Asmarvig

5 Bø

13 Ertenstein

3 Galte

11 Hommervold

2 Reianes nordre 10 Rise

6 Segleim 8 Steinsland 9 Stokdal 12 Sørbø

4 Vold

References

Oluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names