Telemark County, Norway Genealogy

Europe Norway Telemark County

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

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Telemark (help·info) is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt. The county is located in southeastern Norway, extending from Hardangervidda to the Skagerrak coast. The coastline extends from Langesundsfjorden to Gjernestangen at the border to Aust-Agder. Telemark has a very broken and heterogeneous landscape, including many hills and valleys.

Government Offices and Sites

 * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemark

Censuses

 * Telemark prosti, Nedre Telemark prosti, Bamble prosti, Prestemanntall 12, 1664 - 1666
 * Øvre Telemark fogderi, Nedre Telemark fogderi, Bamble fogderi, Fogdemanntall 6, 1664
 * 1801 Census
 * 1865 Census
 * 1875 Census Partial
 * Norway Census, 1875 FamilySearch database
 * 1885 Census (cities only)
 * 1891 Census
 * 1900 Census
 * 1910 Census

Church Records
Photos of churches in Telemark

Land Records
1886 and 1838 land registers are found at The Norwegian Historical Data Centre. These are Excel files, which can be downloaded. The give the name of the farm, the farm owner, and the amount of tax. Both farms and sub-farms are included.

Passenger Lists

 * Utvandrere frå Tinn 1837-1907

Probate Records
Digitised probate records for Telemark county

Probate Jurisdictions
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Taxation

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