Langesund Parish, Telemark, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Langesund clerical district contains parish registers from Langesund parish. It was separated from Bamble clerical district in 1915. See Bamble clerical district for earlier records.


 * The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.


 * Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 Census This census was taken by the local civil authorities. Bamle (Bamble) fogderi b. 6 was for Bambleclerical district. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library on Film 122978 Item 1. Scanned images are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1664-1666 Census Sogneprestenes manntall. Bamle (Bamble) prosti census was taken by the local parish priests. Bamble clerical district included Sannidal, Kragerø parish and Langesund. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library on Film 122968 Item 5. Scanned images are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1712 Census A printed version is online at Digitalarkivet, Manntall Skien, Porsgrunn, Brevik og Langesund 1712.


 * 1801 Census The 1801 census (b. 30) for Bamble clerical district included Langesund parish. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122998 Item 1. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1865 Census The 1865 census for Bamble clerical district included Langesund and Stathelle parish. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123169 Item 3 for Langesund. It is available also in print 948.1 A1 no. 113. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1875 Census The 1875 census for Bamble clerical district included Langesund and Stathelle parish. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 255556 Stathelle, 255557 Langesund, 255708-255709 Bamble. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1885 Census A special 1885 census for Langesund city exists and is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1891 Census The 1891 census for Langesund city is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900 Census The 1900 census for Langesund city. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 275744-275746. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census for Langesund city is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * The census of 1865, 1875 (partial), 1900 and 1910 are also available at the Norwegian Historical Data Center

Probate Records
Bamble judicial district *1665-1869 Family History Library *1665-1852 Digitalarkivet

Telemark and Bamble deanery *1696-1806 Family History Library *1696-1806 Digitalarkivet