The lookups here are offered for those looking for information about the Norwegians and their ancestors who lived in or near Story County. Please understand that responses may take some time. Also, since most of these references are under copyright it is not be possible to copy pages. Should you determine that a reference contains a considerable amount of information that you need, you may want to consider an inter-library loan.
There are currently 788 farms located in eight Hordaland and Rogaland County parishes included on the lookup lists.To obtain a lookup, send an E-Mail message to the volunteer or ask on the Norwegian Heritage mailing list. You must indicate either the name of the farm, the book, and page number; or for books with name indices, the book and person name. Be sure to include how the people you are looking for are linked to the Central Iowa area.
Want to know what farm books (bygdebøker) exit for the region you are researching? Then Click Here for a page which lists them all!
If you have any references for which you would like to volunteer to do lookups, please contact Mark Christian.
Below are the books available for lookups. There is also an index available for the farms in these books which can be found at Lookup Farm Index.
Reference | Comment | Lookup Volunteer |
Ståle Dyrvik Etnesoga Tredje Bandet: Folket Gjerde sokn 1995 Etne Kommune | People in the Gjerde sub parish of Etne. Check out the online name index for Etnesoga at Arne Solli's web site. | Mark Christian |
Ståle Dyrvik Etnesoga Fjerde Bandet: Folket Stødle sokn 1995 Etne Kommune | People in the Stødle sub parish of Etne. Check out the online name index for Etnesoga at Arne Solli's web site. | Mark Christian |
Ståle Dyrvik Etnesoga Femte Bandet: Folket Grindheim sokn 1995 Etne Kommune | People in the Grindheim sub parish of Etne. Check out the online name index for Etnesoga at Arne Solli's web site. | Mark Christian |
Olav Kolltveit Jondal i gamal og ny tid 1953 Jondal Bygdeboknemnd | People in the Jondal parish. There is no people index so a farm name is required for lookups. | Mark Christian |
Erling Vaage Kvinnherad Gars-og-ættesoga Band 2 Soknene Ølve Hatlestrand Ænes 1987 Kvinnherad Kommune | People in the Ølve, Hatlestrand, and Ænes sub parishes of Kvinnherad. There is no people index so a farm name is required for lookups. | Mark Christian |
Anders Havnelid Kvinnherad Gars-og-ættesoga Band 3 Hovudsokna 1988 Kvinnherad Kommune | People in the Main sub parish of Kvinnherad. There is no people index so a farm name is required for lookups. | Margaret Hougland |
Erling Vaage Kvinnherad Gars-og-ættesoga Band 4 Husnes Sokn 1991 Kvinnherad Kommune | People in the Husnes sub parish of Kvinnherad. There is no people index so a farm name is required for lookups. | Mark Christian |
Anders Havnelid Kvinnherad Gars-og-ættesoga Band 5 Eid og Fjelberg Sokner Sokn 1992 Kvinnherad Kommune | People in the Eid and Fjelberg sub parishes of Kvinnherad. There is no people index so a farm name is required for lookups. | Mark Christian |
Nils Olav Østrem Skjold Gard og ætt I 1999 Vindafjord Kommune | People in the northwest part of the Skjold subparish of the Skjold parish in Rogaland County. This area is now part of Vindafjord Kommune. (In the 1960s, the farms Buavik and Flatnes were transferred to Sveio Kommune, Hordaland, and they are not included here.) There is a people name index. | Richard Lee |
Nils Olav Østrem Skjold Gard og ætt II 1999 Vindafjord Kommune | People in the northeast part of the Skjold subparish of the Skjold parish in Rogaland County. This area is now part of Vindafjord Kommune. (In 1929 farms Indre and Ytre Bjordal were transferred to Vikebygd, now Ølen Kommune, Hordaland. They are not included here.) There is a people name index. | Richard Lee |
Nils Olav Østrem Tysvær Gard og ætt 4 Skjoldastraumen 1999 Tysvær Kommune | People in the southeast part of the Skjold subparish of the Skjold parish in Rogaland County. This area is now part of Tysvær Kommune. (In 1965 farms Breidal and Stølsvik were transferred from Vats to Tysvær, and this book has the most up-to-date entries for them.) There is a people name index. | Richard Lee |
Nils Olav Østrem Tysvær Gard og ætt 5 Grinde 1999 Tysvær Kommune | People in the southwest part of the Skjold subparish of the Skjold parish in Rogaland County. This area is now part of Tysvær Kommune. There is a people name index. | Richard Lee |
Nils Dybdal-Holthe Soga om Vats Gard og ætt i gamle Vats herad 1984 Bygdeboknemnda i Vats | People in the Vats subparish of the Skjold parish in Rogaland County. This area is now part of Vindafjord Kommune. The volunteer doesn´t have the people name index yet, so a farm name is required. | Richard Lee |
Anders Haugland Skåneviksoga Første bandet Gardar og ætter i Holmedal 1981 Skånevik bygdeboknemnd | People in the farms of the Holmedal sub parish of the Skånevik parish in Hordaland County. There is a people name index. | Mark Christian |
Anders Haugland Skåneviksoga Andre bandet Gardar og ætter i Åkra 1984 Skånevik bygdeboknemnd | People in the farms of the Åkra sub parish of the Skånevik parish in Hordaland County. There is a people name index. | Mark Christian |
Anders Haugland Skåneviksoga Tredje bandet Gardar og ætter Sævareid - Skånevik 1988 Skånevik bygdeboknemnd | People in the farms of the east part of the Skånevik sub parish of the Skånevik parish in Hordaland County. There is a people name index | Mark Christian |
Anders Haugland Skåneviksoga Fjerde bandet Gardar og ætter Skånevikstrondo 1990 Skånevik bygdeboknemnd | People in the farms along the shore of the Skånevik fjord in the west part of the Skånevik sub parish of the Skånevik parish in Hordaland County. There is a people name index. | Mark Christian |
Anders Næss Olva Kolltveit Strandebarm og Varaldsøy I Gamal Og Ny Tid 1. Bandet Bygdesoga 1947 Strandebarm og Varaldsøy Bygdeboknemnd | People in the parishes Strandebarm and Varaldsøy. There is a people name index. | Mark Christian |
Anders Haugland Bygdebok for Ølen Andre bandet Gardar og ætter i Vågen 1986 Ølen Bygdeboknemnd | People in the farms in the Vagan area of Ølen parish in Hordaland County. There is no index so a farm name is needed for lookups. | Mark Christian |
Toralf Tvedt Bygdebok for Ølen Tredje bandet Gardar og ætter på Bjoa 1986 Ølen Bygdeboknemnd | People in the farms in the Bjoa area of Ølen parish in Hordaland County. There is no index so a farm name is needed for lookups. | Mark Christian |
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