Brevik Parish, Telemark, Norway Genealogy

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

Brevik

Jurisdictions
Kommune	Porsgrunn
Kommune Code	805
Region	Østlandet
Prestegjeld	Eidanger
Diocese	Agder og Telemark Bispedømme
Prosti	Skien Prosti
Len (1599-1660)	Bratsberg
Amt (1689-1919)	1660-1919: Bratsberg
Fylke (1919-2020)	Telemark
Sorenskriveri	Bamble
Skifterett	Bamble
Fogderi	Bamble
Tinglag	Eidanger
Skipreide	Brevik reide

History

Places

See a Gazetteer for more information about a place.

Farm Names

Surrounding Parishes

Parishes are listed in clockwise order, beginning at the north.

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

1664-1666 Fogdernes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Eidanger/Brevik; only lists males; Also at: Digitalarkivet
1664-1666 Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Brevik/Eidanger; only lists males; Also at: Digitalarkivet
1725 1725 Sjeleregister for Eidanger sogn i Eidanger prestegjeld (Telemark)(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Eidanger/Brevik/Porsgrunn
1801 Norway Census, 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; includes Eidanger/Brevik; Also at: Digitalarkivet, FamilySearch Catalog(*)
1845 1845 folketelling for Brevik sogn i Brevik prestegjeld (Telemark)(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Brevik/Eidanger; Also at: Digitalarkivet
1855 1855 folketelling for Brevik by i Brevik prestegjeld (Telemark)(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Eidanger/Brevik; Also at: Digitalarkivet; (Head of household only)
1865 Folketælling 31 December 1865(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Brevik City; Also at: Digitalarkivet, RHD
1870 Norway Census, 1870 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
1870 1870 census for 0804 Brevik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Brevik City
1875 Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Brevik City; Also at: Digitalarkivet, RHD
1885 1885 census for 0804 Brevik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Brevik City
1891 1891 census for 0814 Bamble at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Brevik City
1900 Norway, Census, 1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
1900 Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Brevik City; Also at: Digitalarkivet, RHD
1910 1910 census for Brevik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Brevik City; Also at: RHD
1920 1920 census for Brevik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Brevik

Church Records

Brevik clerical district contains parish registers from Brevik parish. It was separated from Eidanger clerical district in 1861. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the church books, 1705-1924.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brevik Branch: 1852-1864

Civil Registration

Compiled Genealogies

Farm Books

Court Records

1674-1695Tingbøker, 1674-1695(*); Sorenskriveri (Bamble, Telemark) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration

Land and Property

Probate Records

Bamble judicial district

1665-1869 FamilySearch Library
1665-1852 Digitalarkivet

Telemark and Bamble deanery

1696-1806 FamilySearch Library
1696-1806 Digitalarkivet

Taxation

1631-1714 Byregnskaper, 1631-1714(*); Rentekammeret at FamilySearch Catalog - images