Skoger Parish, Vestfold, Norway Genealogy


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

Skoger Parish
Jurisdictions
Stift/Bispedømme/
Diocese
Oslo bispedømme 1070-1948, Tunsberg bispedømme 1949-today
Prosti Drammen
Len 1599-1660 Tønsberg
Amt 1689-1919 1660-1671: Tønsberg med Brunla amt, 1671-1673: Tønsberg amt, 1673-1676: Griffenfeldt grevskap, 1676-1684: Tønsberg grevskap, 1684-1821: Jarlsbeg grevskap grevskap, 1821-1919: Jarlsberg og Larvik
Fylke 1919-Present Vestfold
Region Østlandet
Prestegjeld Skoger
Kommune Drammen
Skifteretten Nordre Jarlsberg sorenskriveri
Tinglag Skoger
Fogderi Jarlsberg
Sorenskriveri Nordre Jarlsberg
Skipreide Sande



Church Records

Skoger clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Skoger, Strømsgodset and Konnerud. Skoger was separated from Sande clerical district in 1752 and Strømsgodset from Bragernes clerical district in Drammen, Buskerud county in 1843. Included Tangen parish until 1843 when it was annexed to Strømsø clerical district in Drammen, Buskerud county. For earlier records for Strømsgodset see Bragernes clerical district in Drammen, Buskerud county.


The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the church books, 1725-1927.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Skoger: 1746-1814, 1742-1884, 1920-1952

Skoger / Konnerud: 1885-1941, 1956-1969

Skoger / Skoger: 1814-1845, 1860-1880, 1885-1936, 1953-1969

Skoger / Strømgodset: 1885-1910

Strømgodset: 1860-1936

Bragernes: 1634-1662, 1680-1963


Census Records



  • 1815 census for Skoger clerical district include the parishes of Skoger, Konnerud and Tangen; and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet.






Court Records

Land Records

Farm Books

Farm Names

72 Aaserud vestre 71 Andorsrud

42 Bakke 67 Borge vestre

30 Dansrud

33 Eik

24 Fjeld mellem 45 Fjøset 61 Flaaten nordre 69 Furuvold

29 Gjerpen 37 Godthaab 35 Gorbu 77 Gravdal Skov[] 36 Grundvik 39 Gulliksrud 41 Gunnersrud 31 Gunnerud

49 Haneval nordre 50 Haneval vestre 48 Haneval østre 59 Holmen nordre 52 Holt

75 Imjelt nordre 40 Ingulsaasen

64 Jordbrekke

34 Knive nedre 36 Knive øvre 36 Kolfuru

44 Lerpe 38 Lindum 57 Løise

56 Mælen

26 Nordby 25 Nøstet

55 Præstegaarden

70 Rønnehoved

65 Skallestad 43 Skalpe 62 Skjeldrum nedre 27 Solum nordre 28 Solum store 54 Sten nordre 76 Svarterud

32 Tolerud 58 Tollersrud 39 Trillingen 78 Trættestykket[]

46 Unnelsrud nordre

51 Vestby 68 Viulsrud

Probate Records

Nordre Jarlsberg judicial district
*1679-1839 Family History Library

Jarlsberg deanery
*1704-1808 Family History Library

Probate collections for Skoger on Digitalarkivet

References

Oluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names