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 clerical district. 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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