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Telemark
Formerly called Bratsberg, Telemark fylke (county) is located
in southern Norway, reaching from the the coastline of the Skagerrak sea which separates
Norway from Denmark to the Hardangervidda mountain plains.
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DIS Telemark
is the local chapter of the Norwegian genealogy organization DIS-Norge.
Grenland Ættehistorielag (genealogy association) covers the lower Telemark region.
They used to have an English version of their web page, but they have discontinued
it :-(
Send your *LOUD* protests to the
Web Master of this web site. They do,
however, have a Message forum (
in Norwegian and English) where you can post messages.
Hjartdal Historical Association has a very nice web page (in English) with
information about Hjartdal and its emigration history. (Hjartdal is a small kommune
in Telemark. It consists of three parishes: Tuddal, Hjartdal and Sauland).
Telelaget - a bygdelag in the US comprised of descendants of immigrants
from Telemark.
Telemark consists of 18 kommuner (municipalities), of which 3 are cities: Notodden, Skien and Porsgrunn. The remaining 15 kommuner are: Bamble, Bø, Drangedal, Fyresdal, Hjartdal, Kragerø, Kviteseid, Nissedal, Nome, Sauherad, Seljord, Siljan, Tinn, Tokke, and Vinje
Interactive map of Norway shows where Telemark is located. Click on Telemark
to see a map of Telemark that shows the municipalities of this county
Large map of Telemark from the
Norway-L mailing list
web site.
Telemark queries from Rootsweb.com's "Norway Message Board".
Slektsbiblioteket Queries is a new and very promising Norway query page.
Slektsforskerbasen from DIS-Norge - a list of more than 4,000 genealogists who are researching their Norwegian ancestors. Sorted by kommune (municipality).
[email protected] mailing list archives is another often overlooked resource. You can search the archive to find out if others are researching the same
families or places in Norway, and then contact them.
The Norwegian Ski Adventure Centre is a museum in Morgedal in
Telemark. Interestingly, their web site has photographs of the center taken during
the summer - not a snowflake in sight!
Telemark - a fairytale for the whole family has a great
web page in English with information about visiting Telemark and some of the museums
in this 'fylke'.
Jan Christensen has a web-page with genealogy information from Skien in
Telemark. This page also has a great collection of links to Norwegian genealogy
web pages. A "must" visit!
Kragerø genealogy page has lots of genealogy information
from Kragerø kommune (municipality), Porsgrunn, and the Grenland area
in Telemark. (In Norwegian, but it does have a page in English about
Emigration from Kragerø,
Sannidal and Skåtøy, 1843 - 1899.
Porsgrunn genealogy page by
Terje Rehn Holm-Johnsen, also has information on the area of Grenland and Porsgrunn in
Telemark. (Porsgrunn is today a collection of five earlier kommuner / municipalities:
Solum, Gjerpen, Eidanger, Brevik and Porsgrunn).
Gamle Gjerpen - genealogy in Gjerpen parish, Telemark has a wealth of
information, including a searchable database of the Churchbook of Skien (1659-1679)
(baptisms, marriages, funerals, etc.)
Bamble Genealogical Page is also from Telemark. Bamble is a
collection of three earlier kommuner (municipalities): Stathelle, Langesund and Bamble.
(They merged and became one municipality in 1964). Bamle borders on Porsgrunn, Skien,
Drangedal and Kragerø.
Stian Høiset
has a great web site with genealogy "stuff" and information about his home town Skien, old
postcards from Telemark, and more.
Solumslekt is a fantastic
web site by Leif Biberg Kristensen with lots of information about Solum clerical district.
As he points out on his web site: "Solumslekt is an attempt of creating an
'Online Bygdebok' for Solum, Lower Telemark, Norway." Although it is in Norwegian only, it
contains transcripts of various original records from 1664 to 1764, including census records,
church records, and probate records. If your ancestors came from Solum, you *must* visit this
web site! It includes a searchable family database, a discussion forum, and several articles (in
Norwegian). Leif has also converted many of the church records from Solum (baptisms 1713-1755,
engagements 1713-1761, weddings 1714-1761, funerals 1713-1761) to database format and made
them searchable in a number of ways. Click on "Kilder" then click on "Anders Baars kirkebok".
Welcome to Southern Norway! has lots of information about
Telemark.
Telemark - the cradle of skiing is brought to the web
by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Unfortunately my schedule does not permit me to answer
individual requests for assistance with genealogy research
John Follesdal
Copyright 1996 - 2002
This page was created 12 December 1996
Last updated on 26 October 2002