Hedmark County, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Hedmark ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Hedmark is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.

Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. Geographically, Hedmark is in the traditional sense divided in the following areas: Hedemarken, east of Mjøsa, Østerdalen, north of Elverum, and Glåmdalen, south of Elverum. Hedmark and Oppland are the only Norwegian counties with no coastline. Hedmark also hosted some of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.

Hedmark is one of the less urbanized areas in Norway, as about half of the inhabitants live on rural land. Population is mainly concentrated in the rich agricultural district adjoining Mjøsa to the southeast. The county's extensive forests supply much of Norway's timber. Logs were previously floated down Glomma to the coast but are now transported by truck and train.

Government Offices and Sites

 * Hedmark, Information

Church Records/Civil Registration

 * These are the most important records you will use, and a majority of your research will be found in them. All civil registration was kept by the church parishes until 2012.
 * Digitalarkivet: Digitized parish registers of Hedmark
 * Norway Indexed parish register transcriptions
 * The Family History Library has microfilms for all Hedmark parish registers up to about 1920. These can be viewed at the library or at a Family Histor Center near you.
 * By clicking on the parish links above, you may find direct links to all the records for that parish.
 * You do not have to be fluent in Norwegian. These records use a very limited, specialized vocabulary that is easy to learn. For help reading and interpreting theses records, see Norwegian Genealogical Word List, Norway Handwriting, and Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lessons 1: Scandinavian Gothic Letters, 2: Names, Words, and Dates, and 3: Handwritten Records.
 * Parish Register Headings for Norway: This pdf gives the translation of headings for the records in different time periods.  When a record is written with labeled columns it is much easier to search. Much of the material you read in each column will just be names and dates, since the meaning of those names (child, parents, godparents, minister) only has to be read once, in the column heading.


 * For more detail on the contents of these records and how to use them, see Norway Church Records and Norway Civil Registration.

Cemeteries
Cemeteries in Hedmark County

Censuses

 * Hedmark prosti, Prestemanntall 5, 1664 - 1666 (priest's) scanned
 * 1664-1666 Census for Solør, Østerdal og Odal fogderi (Bailiff's)scanned
 * 1801 Census
 * 1865 Census
 * 1875 Census Partial
 * Norway Census, 1875 FamilySearch database
 * 1885 Census (cities only)
 * 1891 Census (scanned)
 * 1900 Census
 * 1910 Census
 * Kommunal folketelling 1920 for 0401 Hamar kjøpstad

Land Records
1886 and 1838 land registers are found at The Norwegian Historical Data Centre. These are Excel files, which can be downloaded. The give the name of the farm, the farm owner, and the amount of tax. Both farms and sub-farms are included.

Military Records

 * Stamrullen for Østerdalske kompani


 * Militærrulle 1758 for 1. Sønnenfjelske Dragonregiment, grensevakter ved Holstein


 * 1761 for Dragonkorpset, 1. eskadron til Holstein

Passenger Lists

 * Passport records for Solør and Odalen fogderi 1843-1857 and Solør fogderi 1857-1887
 * records for Østerdalen fogderi 1844-1859 and Søndre Østerdalen fogderi 1859-1900

Probate Records

 * Digitised probate records for Hedmark County


 * 1640-1903 - at FamilySearch — index


 * 1695-1777 - Register: Clerical Records for Hedmark and Østerdalen 1695-1777


 * 1695-1777 - Clerical Records for Hedmark and Østerdalen 1695-1777

Probate Jurisdictions
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