Larvik Parish, Vestfold, Norway Genealogy

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

Larvik

Jurisdictions
Kommune	Larvik
Kommune Code	707
Region	Østlandet
Prestegjeld	N/A
Diocese	Oslo bispedømme 1070-1948, Tunsberg bispedømme 1949-today
Prosti	Larvik
Len (1599-1660)	Akershus
Amt (1689-1919)	1660-1671: Tønsberg med Brunla amt, 1671-1821: Larvik grevskap, 1821-1919: Jarlsberg og Larvik amt
Fylke (1919-2020)	Vestfold
Sorenskriveri	N/A
Skifterett	Larvik by
Fogderi	N/A
Tinglag	N/A
Skipreide	Numedal

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 Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Larvik; only lists males; Also at: Digitalarkivet
1701 Census (manntall) 1701, no. 2: Solør, Odal og Østerdal fogderi and Larvik grevskap at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Larvik
1801 Norway Census, 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; includes Larvik; Also at: Digitalarkivet, FamilySearch Catalog(*)
1825 1825 folketelling for Larvik prestegjeld (Vestfold)(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images; includes Larvik; Also at: Digitalarkivet
1865 Norway Census, 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; includes Larvik; Also at: Digitalarkivet, FamilySearch Catalog(*), RHD
1870 Norway Census, 1870 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
1870 1870 census for 0707 Larvik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Larvik
1875 Norway Census, 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; includes Larvik; Also at: Digitalarkivet, FamilySearch Catalog(*), RHD
1885 1885 census for 0707 Larvik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Larvik
1891 Norway Census, 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; includes Larvik; Also at: Digitalarkivet
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 Larvik; Also at: Digitalarkivet, RHD
1910 1910 census for Larvik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Larvik; Also at: RHD
1920 1920 census for Larvik at Digitalarkivet - images; includes Larvik

Church Records

Larvik clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Larvik and Langestrand . They were separated from Hedrum clerical district in 1741. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the church books, 1696-1933.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Larvik: 1814-1825, 1856-1969

Larvik / Langestrand: 1779-1919

Larvik / Larvik: 1696-1746, 1785-1926

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Larvik Branch (Vestfold) Early - 1927

Den katolsk apostoliske menighet i Larvik (The Catholic Church of Larvik) 1892-1926

Civil Registration

Compiled Genealogies

Farm Books

Court Records

1677-1701Tingbøker, 1677-1701(*); Byfogderi (Larvik og Sandefjord, Vestfold) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration

1887-1970 Emigrantprotokoller, 1887-1970(*); Politikammer (Larvik, Vestfold) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Land and Property

Probate Records

Larvik judicial district

1661-1851 FamilySearch Library

Larvik and Sandefjord judicial district

1673-1849 FamilySearch Library

Larvik deanery

1688-1801 FamilySearch Library

Probate collections on Digitalarkivet.

Taxation

1664-1700 Byregnskaper, 1664-1700(*); Rentekammeret at FamilySearch Catalog - images