Drammen Parish, Buskerud, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at for Drammen/ Bragernes parish. Contains parish registers from Bragernes parish in Drammen city. Included Strømsgodset parish in Skoger, Vestfold until 1843. Parish registers 1634-1930.

Digitized parish register available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) for Drammen/Bragernes see: Bragernes

Microfilm of parish registers available at for Drammen/Strømsø and Tangen. Contains parish registers from the parishes Strømsø and Tangen in Drammen City. Strømsø parish was separated from Lier Clerical District in 1723. Tangen parish belonged to Sande clerical district in Vestfold Co. until 1752 and was then annexed to Skoger clerical district, Vestfold Co. until 1843. For earlier records for Strømsø see Lier and for Tangen see Skoger. Parish registers from 1725-1933.


 * Digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) for Drammen/Strømsø and Tangen see:

Strømsø


 * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Drammen Branch 1854-1952

Dissenter kirker:


 * Den Katolske Apostoliske menighet i Drammen 1877-1899


 * Oslo and Drammen (Katolske Apostoliske, 1872-1932)

Census Records

 * 1644-1666: Census Bragernes prosti Bragernæs (Drammen) clerical district Landfaldøen Bragernæs (Bragernes) parish Liersund Strømsø parish Stranden This census was taken by the local parish priests. Microfilmed images are available at the FS Library Film 122968 Item 2 and online at Digitalarkivet Digital Archives.


 * 1801 Census for Drammen city and Bragernes parish. The 1801 census for Lier clerical district. Lier clerical district includes Lier, Frogner, Sylling and Tranby; however Bragernes parish is also listed with Lier clerical district at this time period, as the first parish on this film Film 122996 Item 1. Microfilmed images are available at the FS Library Film 122996 Item 1 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet Digital Archives.
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865 census for Drammen city, Bragernes, Strømso, and Tangen parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the FS Library Films 123048-123051 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet Digital Archives as 1865-Bragernes prestegjeld i Drammen kjøpstad and 1865-Strømsø prestegjeld 
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875 Census for Drammen city, Bragernes, Strømsø, and Tangen parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the FamilySearch Library Films 255539-255544 and 255669 Item 2. Also available online at Digitalarkivet Digita Archives.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1885 Census for Drammen city, Bragernes, Strømsø,and Tangen' parishes is online as a database at Digitalarkivet Digital Archives.


 * 1891 Census for Drammen city, Bragernes, Strømsø, and Tangen' parishes is online as a database at Digitalarkivet Digital Archives.
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900 census for Drammen city and Bragernes, Strømsø, and Tangen parishes. Microfilmed images are available at the FS Library Films 275628-275663 and online as a database at Digitalarkivet Digital Archives.


 * 1910: Census The 1910 census search at Digitalarkivet Digital Archives.


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

Probaords
Drammen city judicial district *1682-1855 FamilySearch Library *1682-1855 Digitalarkivet

Bragernes deanery *1702-1817 Digitalarkivet 1679-1819].