Hvidingsø Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Records begin in 1668. They contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Hausken, Sørbø, Askø, Utstein Kloster and Kvitsøy (Hvidingsø, in . The parishes Askø and Utstein Kloster became the new Mosterøy parish in 1899. These records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet. See Kvitsøy (Hvidingsø).

Census Records

 * For 1875 and earlier censuses see Rennesøy


 * For 1891, 1900, and 1910 see Mosterøy

Probate Records
Probate records for the years 1666-1795 are in the combined Ryfylke and Karmsund judicial districts in Rogaland county.

For 1786-1876 the records are in the Ryfylke judicial district.

The clerical probates are found in Ryfylke deanery in Rogaland county, Norway. They are for the years 1786-1807.

Farm Book
There is a history of Rennesøy clerical district which includes Rennesøy, Mosterøy, and Kvitsøy from 1837 to 1937.

Stavanger, Norway : Dreyers forlag, 1938.

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