Kvitsøy (Hvidingsø) Parish, Rogaland, Norway Genealogy

Church Records
Records begin in 1668. They contain priest and sexton records from the parishes Hausken, Sørbø, Askø, Utstein Kloster and Kvitsøy (Hvidingsø) in Rennesøy (Hausken) clerical district. The parishes Askø and Utstein Kloster became the new Mosterøy parish 1899.

Digital images of the church books are available at Digitalarkivet.

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Rennesøy)

www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read (Rennesøy / Kvitsøy)

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.

"Rennesøy prestegjeld, Rennesøy, Mosterøy, Kvitsøy," Stavanger, Norway : Dreyers forlag, 1938. 948.31/R1 H2r FHL INTL Book

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