Tvedestrand Parish, Aust-Agder, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records

 * See Holt.


 * Digitized images of parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records
See Holt 1660-1801


 * 1865: This census is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1875: This census is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1885: A special 1885 census exists and is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Tvedestrand is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Tvedestrand is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Tvedestrand is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) of Norway as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the University of Tromsø, Norway.

Farm Books
Tvedestrand, 1836-1936: bidrag til stedets historie. Mostly history but have some genealogies of people who lied there.

Genealogy
Vevstad, Andreas, 1930-: Oxefia: fjorden og skutene: sjøfartsbyen Tvedestrand og Tvedestrandsfamilien Smith i forrige århundre.

A history of the growth of Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder County, Norway and the fame it received because of the sailing ship industry started her by the Smith family.

Includes the descendants of Herman Smith (1710-1752 who came to Holt about 1725 from Løgstør in Denmark with Lars Smith born 1728.

FHL 948.28/T1 H2v

Vogt, Ottar: Vogts in Tvedestrand: opptegnelser for familien i anledning Dr. Fr. Vogts 100 årsday 2, December 1929. A genealogy of the Vogt family in Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway written in honor of Dr. Fredrik Vogts 100th anniversary the 2nd Dec 1929. Includes biographies of Dr. Olaves Fredrik Sand Vogt (1829- 1893) and his wife Mathilde Eliza Lie (1836-1893).

FHL 929.2481 V868va To view a digital version click here

Svensen, Sv.: Tvedestrand, 1836-1936: bidrag til stedets historie. A history of Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway from 1836 to 1936 including some genealogies of the people who lived there.

FHL 949.28/T1 H2

Probate Records
Nedenes judicial district *1640-1824 Family History Library *1698-1826 Digitalarkivet

Holt (Austre Nedenes) judicial district *1825-1857 Family History Library *1823-1911 Digitalarkivet

Nedenes deanery *1693-1811 Family History Library *1693-1811 Digitalarkivet