Sør-Odal Parish, Hedmark, Norway Genealogy

Europe Norway Hedmark County Sør-Odal

Guide to Sør-Odal, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records
Microfilm of parish register available at the Family History Library for clerical district. Contains parish registers for the parishes Strøm, Ulleren and Opstad in Sør-Odal clerical district. Included Nord-Odal clerical district until 1819. Records available from 1689-1974.

Images of digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Strøm (Odalen): 1689-1850

Sør-Odal: 1849-1920

Sør-Odal/Opstad: 1886-1953

Sør-Odal/Strøm: 1886-1951

Sør-Odal/Ullern: 1859-1876, 1886-1946

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census Solør, Østerdalen og Odalen fogderi Odalen (Odal) clerical district Includes Nord-Odal, Mo, Sør-Odal, Ulleren, Sand, Opstad, and Strøm parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122977 Item 3 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images.


 * 1664-166 Census Øvre Romerike prosti Strøm (Nord-og Sør-Odal) clerical district. Includes Nord-Odal, Mo, Sør-Odal, Ulleren, Sand, Opstad, and Strøm parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122967 Item 1 and online at Digitalarkivet as scanned images and as a database.


 * 1701 Census Sør-Odal clerical district includesNord-Odal, Mo, Sør-Odal, Ulleren, Sand, Opstad, and Strøm parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122982 Item 2 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1701-manntall for Odalen


 * 1801 Census Sør-Odalclerical district includesNord-Odal, Mo, Sør-Odal, Ulleren, Sand, Opstad, and Strøm parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 122992 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1801-telling for 0418 Strøm.


 * 1865 Census Sør-Odal clerical district includes Sør-Odal, Strøm, Ulleren and Opstad parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 123061 Item 2 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1865-telling for 0419 Søndre Odalen.


 * 1875 Census Sør-Odal clerical district includes Sør-Odal, Strøm, Ulleren and Opstad parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Films 273127-273130; Farm index Film 273272.


 * 1900 Census Sør-Odal clerical district includes Sør-Odal, Strøm, Ulleren and Opstad parishes. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Films 273771-273775 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet 1900-telling for 0419 Søndre Odalen.


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Farm Books
Kirkeby, Birger (1999), Strøm, farm 12 to 25 (Bind II)

Vigeland, Nils P., Sør-Odal, gard og ætt, Sør-Odal historelag, 1961. 948.23/O2 D2v v. 2 A genealogy of the people and a history of the farms in Ulleren and Oppstad parishes in Sør-Odal clerical district. A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Probate Records
1675-1774: Records are found in Solør og Østerdal judicial district.

1758-1852: Records are found in Solør og Odal judicial district.

1683-1865: Records are found in Øvre Romerike judicial district.