Kongsvinger Parish, Hedmark, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
See Vinger

Census Records
See Vinger prior to 1865.


 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865 Census for Kongsvinger city. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 123066 Item 3 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1870 Census for Kongsvinger city which included the cities of Lillehammer, Gjøvik and Kongsvinger. Available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1875 Census for Kongsvinger city. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Film 273259 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)'


 * 1885 Census for Kongsvinger city. Available online as a database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1891 Census for Kongsvinger city. Available online as a database at Digitalarkivet.
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900 Census for Kongsvinger city. Microfilm images are available at the Family History Library Films 273927-273929 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1910 Census for Kongsvinger city. Available online as a database at Digitalarkivet.


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center
 * The census of 1801, 1865, 1875 (index only), 1891, 1910 (index only) are also available at Ancestry($).

Genealogy
Gjems, Ingrid: Familien Gjems 1792-1992: slekt og miljø.

Etterkommere etter garvermester Andreas Gjems og hustru Dorothea Svendsdatter Thue - bosatt i Fredrikshald - gift 1794. Sønnen Sven Jørgen etterhvert flyttet til Kongsvinger.

Descendants of Andreas Gjems from Frederikshald (Halden). Many lived in Kongsvinger.

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

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

1696-1779: Clerical probate records are found in Hedemarken og Østerdalen Deanery.