Tjøme Parish, Vestfold, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Tjøme clerical district contains the parish registers from Tjøme (Tjømo) parish. For earlier records see Nøtterøy clerical district. Also includes Vasser (Hvasser) Chapelry in Tjøme. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Tjøme: 1879-1974

Tjøme / Hvasser: 1903-1918

Tjøme / Tjøme: 1891-1918

Nøtterøy: 1686-1864, 1916-1969

Nøtterøy / Tjøme: 1856-1878

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall. See Sandar clerical district. Available on Digitalarkivet.
 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall. See Nøtterøy clerical district. Available on Digitalarkivet.
 * 1701: Census see Sandar clerical district. Available on Digitalerkivet.


 * 1801, 1865, 1875: see Nøtterøy clerical district.
 * 1891: Census available on Digitalarkivet.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Tjøme clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The1910 census for Tjøme is available online at Digitalarkivet ; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
TJØME-SLEKTER. This is a webpage created by Svein-Åge Wærhaug-Mathisen. The information is taken from Nøtterøy og Tjøme Kirkebok, Tjøme Bygdebok and 8 Tjøme slekter.

Farm Names
39 Bjørnevaag 27 Brøtsø nordre 28 Brøtsø søndre 2 Budal 7 Bukkeli 24 Burø 49 Eidene 21 Engø  16 Froungen 35 Færder  6 Gjervaag 5 Glenne 55 Gon 17 Grimestad 41 Gunnersrød  11 Hagen 19 Haug nedre 42 Helgerød 45 Hellesmo 40 Hola 25 Holme 16 Holtekjær 14 Holtene nedre 13 Honerød 57 Hudø 20 Hulebak 23 Hønsø  51 Kjære nedre 50 Kjære øde 52 Kjære øvre med Pyt 10 Kjønnemarken 47 Kolebæk 11 Kraakere 33 Kruke  12 Maagerø 37 Megaarden 43 Megaarden 22 Meø 44 Mo  29 Nes  38 Oppegaard 53 Ormelet 48 Ottersti  26 Rød 56 Rød nedre 1 Rød øvre  3 Sandbæk 34 Sandø 13 Skogen 8 Stranden 9 Sundene nordre 4 Svelviken 48 Søbodsanden 36 Sønstegaard  46 Treidene  13 Vallekjær 31 Vasser østre 30 Vestgaarden  12 Ødegaarden 32 Østgaarden 54 Østjordet

For additional information on people and the farms see above "Tjøme Slekter".

Probate Records
Larvik judicial district *1661-1851 Family History Library

Larvik deanery *1688-1801 Family History Library

Tjome probate collection on Digitalarkivet.