Skien Parish, Telemark, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * Skien clerical district contains parish registers from Skien parish. Included Mælum and Solum until 1738. 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 Gjerpen clerical 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. Gjerpen clerical district included Gjerpen parish and Skien. It is on microfilm at the Family History Library on Film 122968 Item 5. Scanned images are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1801 Census The 1801 census (b. 30) for Skien City is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 122998 Item 4. A searchable database is online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1815 Census A special 1815 census for Skien clerical district exists and is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 1694667 Item 3. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1825 Census A special 1825 census for Skien clerical district exists and is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 1694667 Item 4. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1835 Census A special 1835 census for Skien clerical district exists and is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 1694665 Item 5. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1865 Census The 1865 census for Skien clerical is on microfilm at the Family History Library Film 123167 Items 1-2, and 123168. 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 Skien clerical district is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 255555-255556. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1885 Census A special 1885 census for Skien clerical district exists and is online as a searchable database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


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


 * 1900 Census The 1900 census for Skien clerical district is on microfilm at the Family History Library Films 275760-275770. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910 Census The 1910 census 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
Skien city district *1693-1880 Family History Library *1693-1880 Digitalarkivet

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

Probate Register for Skien 1666-1808 at Digitalarkivet.

Websites
Skien genealogical page