Ramnes Parish, Vestfold, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Ramnes clerical district contains parish registers for the parishes Ramnes, Fon and Vivestad. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Ramnes: 1732-1969

Ramnes / Fon: 1869-1923

Ramnes / Fon and Vivestad: 1872-1886

Ramnes / Ramnes: 1848-1936

Ramnes / Vivestad: 1869-1924

Census Records

 * 1664-1666: Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Ramnes clerical district include the parishes of Ramnes, Fon and Vivestad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available at Digitalarkivet. 1801: Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge.  The 1801 census forRamnes clerical district include the parishes of Ramnes, Fon and Vivestad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1865: Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Ramnes clerical district include the parishes of Ramnes, Fon and Vivestad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet ; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875: Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Ramnes cliercal district include the parishes of Ramnes, Fon and Vivestad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available on Digitalarkivet.
 * 1891: Folketelling 1891. Available at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1900: Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Ramnes clerical district include the parishes of Ramnes, Fon and Vivestad and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  This census ia also available online at Digitalarkivet ; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


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

Farm Books
This book is now available as a downloadable PDF file on the internet Ramnes bygdebok.

Unnberg, Sigurd H., Ramnes bygdebok, Gjøvik 1960-1970. A genealogy of the people and their farms in Ramnes in Vestfold county and a history of the area. FHL 948.26/R1 D2u A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows

72 Aas 71 Aslakrød 40 Bakke vestre 47 Berg mellem 48 Bergan 16 Bjune nordre 89 Bleika 29 Braar 27 Bø nordre 10 Bøteigen  43 Dal vestre 12 Dal østre  57 Engen  35 Firing mellem 90 Fjælebuen 41 Fjæreklep 32 Flaateteigen 18 Freste nordre 62 Førum  91 Gislerød 80 Gordal 38 Graneskogen 82 Grorød 88 Grøterud 30 Guld-Braar 70 Gulsrød 95 Gunnerød 2 Gunnildstad  77 Hagen 73 Haug 53 Heian mellem 3 Hette 67 Himberg 55 Hole vestre 14 Holt 38 Holt søndre 13 Horn 15 Hundestuen  63 Indlaget med Præsthorn  75 Jare mellem 53 Jensehavnen 97 Jerpekjøn mellem 84 Jonstang  5 Kaape 71 Kamfjord 33 Kile vestre 37 Kile østre 51 Kirkeengen 78 Kirkevold 98 Kjønnerød 65 Klepperaas 58 Klop mellem 21 Kløv 4 Kongslund  6 Langemyr 1 Lefsrød 9 Lefsrød-Ødegaarden 83 Lerstang 23 Linnestad nordre 45 Lyngaas med Styrseng  92 Mørken  31 Nunneteigen 93 Nyhus  44 Oprann 68 Oserød  13 Præst-Horn 81 Præstegaarden  72 Raannerød 50 Ramnes nordre 33 Ramski 60 Reine nordre 18 Rydningen 84 Rydningen 92 Rydningen 96 Rydningen  66 Sijorden 42 Skaar 69 Skaleberg 93 Skjeggerød med Langerødrydningen 25 Skjeggestad nordre 81 Skytøen 80 Solberg 67 Spishole 79 Stange 87 Stusrød nordre 85 Svinningen 94 Svinsholt  11 Teigen nedre 84 Tinghaug 64 Toen 95 Tronka 49 Tufte  28 Valle 8 Venaas nordre

Probate Records
Søndre Jarlsberg judicial district *1696-1848 Family History Library

Jarlsberg deanery *1704-1808 Family History Library

Ramnes Probate collections - Digitalarkivet