Bergen City, Norway Genealogy

History and Tidbits
The city of Bergen is located at the west coast of Norway. Bergen Municipal is one of the 33 municipals in Hordaland county. It has for almost one thousand years been the destination of travellers from all around the world. Bergen is the kingdom's second largest city, with over 250.000 inhabitants and situated on the west coast of Norway. The year of the foundation is estimated to be1070.

Familiy History Resources
Norwegian American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad

Nordhordaland

Censuses

 * Census of citizens in Bergen 9 May 1714 (database version)
 * 1714 Census for Bergen
 * 1801 Census for 1301 Bergen
 * 1815 Census for Bergen
 * 1865 Census for 1301 Bergen
 * 1875 Census for Bergen
 * 1875 Census: Ships from Bergen sailing abroad
 * 1885 Census for Bergen
 * 1891 Census for Bergen
 * 1900 Census for 1301 Bergen
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 * 1745: Manntall over Bergens Bys koppskatt for 1645.  A census and poll tax of all the male persons in Bergen City, Bergen, Norway in 1645.  Available at theFamily History Library.


 * 1801: Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801. This is a printed edition of the 1801 census for Bergen city and Hordaland county. Each fiche has an index of the farm names, given names, and surnames. There is also a separate index by given name and by surname for the whole county. This census gives the persons name, position in the household, age, marital status, and occupation.  Available at the Family History Library.



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Church Records
The Norwegian Church (Den Norske Kirke) kept the vital statistics of the population. See Church Records for the contents and in-depth descriptions of the records. The links to the records available at the Family History Library are found in the individual parish under the Parishes and congregations in Bergen City Section.

The National Archival Services of Norway maintains a website, Digitalarkivet.uib.no, in which you can search in transcribed source material for free. Images of the original church books have also been placed there. The Digitised Parish Registers interface can be used in English, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk) or Samisk (Davvisámegiella). However, the records are written in Norwegian.

Later church records which not have been microfilmed by the Family History Library can be found at Digitalarkivet.

Emigrants

 * Emigrantar over Bergen frå sørlandet
 * Emigrantar fra Bergen 1874-1930
 * Ship's lists Bergen-Quebec 1865-1873
 * Ship's lists Bergen-New York 1871-1873

Probate Records

 * 1680-1720 which includes these districts and counties: Sunnhordland, Nordhordland, and Hardanger in Hordaland county; Bergen City; Sogn, Sunnfjord, and Nordfjord in Sogn og Fjordane county; and Sunnmøre in Møre og Romsdal county.
 * 1716-1870 Probate records for in Bergen city. The probate records usually contain the date of the probate, names of the deceased, names of the heirs, guardians and trustees, inventory lists, land and holdings, and other miscellaneous information.

Bergen city judicial district digitised probate records online at Digitalarkivet.

Links
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Cemeteries
Historic Cemeteries in Bergen Norway

Censuses
1875 Census: ships from Bergen sailing abroad 1714 Census for Bergen

Digitalarkivet Bergen City, Norway Census 1801

1815 Census for Bergen

1865 1875

1885 Census for Bergen

1891 Census for Bergen

1900

List of voters for the local election in Bergen, 1904

List of voters for the local election in Bergen, 1906

Church Records
Baptisms

Baptised in Nykirken in Bergen 1700-1780

Baptisms with good fathers in Nykirken in Bergen 1669-1676

Baptisms (Illigitimate born) and name of fathers in Nykirken, Bergen

Godfathers listed - Domkirken in Bergen 1719-1780

Baptisms in Bergen, 1668-1815

Baptisms in Korkirken, Bergen 1686-1760

Baptisms in Bergen 1816-1894

Communicants

Communicants Korskirken, 1689

Communicants Korskirken, 1790

Communicants Korskirken, 1800-1801

Communicants Nykirken, 1790

Confirmations

Confirmations in Domkirken, Bergen 1763-1780

Confirmations in Domkirken, Bergen 1781-1791

Confirmations in Laksevåg Parish, 1892-1903

Marriages

Marriages in Bergen, 1663-1816

Marriages in Bergen, 1816-1911

Marriage licences in Bergen diocese, 1717-1804

Deaths

Deaths in Bergen, 1973-1975

Deaths in St. Olav local parish in Bergen, 1927-1980

Deaths in Domkirken local parish in Bergen, 1912-1980

Deaths in Korskirken local parish in Bergen, 1912-1991

Deaths in St. Markus local parish in Bergen, 1921-1961

Burials

Burials in Bergen, 1668-1815

Burials in Bergen, 1881-1911

Burials in Bergen, 1816-1886

Bell rings for deceased persons in the church of Maria, 1660-1752

Burials in Maria local parish in Bergen, 1914-1965

Citizenship
Citizenships in Bergen 1600-1751

Citizenships in Bergen 1866-1916

Negotiators in Bergen, 1702

Citizens of Bergen who resides further north - about 1666

Court Records
Legal Procedure, Sentence Protocols

Register: Dombok for byfogden i Bergen for 1699

Index to the Court Journal for Bergen, 1700

Verdict Protocol for Bergen, 1699

Verdict Protocol for Bergen, 1700

Register of Verdict Protocol for Bergen, 1701

Courtcase Journal for Bergen, 1701

Register of Verdict Protocol for Bergen, 1711

Register of Verdict Protocol for Bergen, 1702

Index: Courtcase Journal for Bergen, 1703

Index: Courtcase Journal for Bergen from 1814

Index: Courtcase Journal for Bergen from 1815

Index: Courtcase Journal for Bergen from 1813

Index: Courtcase Journal for Bergen from 1701

Index: Courtcase Journal for Bergen, 1816

Register: Court Journal for Bergen, 1810

Index: Court Journal for Bergen, 1811

Prisoners

Slaves at Bergenshus fort, 1763-1810

Prisoners in Bergen, 1850-1875

Prisoners at "Bergenshus Festning", 1851-1878

Prisoners at the Bridewell in Bergen, 1850-1875 (1838-1885)

Political prisoners in Bergen, 1943-1944

Paupers at the Bridewell in Bergen, 1771-1776

Paupers at Bergens workhouse, 1850-1875

Paupers at Bergens workhouse, 1876-1888

Other

Town-Hall protocol for Bergen, 1592-1594

Kommisjonsprotokoll 1808-1809 i saka mot losane som førde inn den britiske fregatten "Tartar"

Vedlegg til kommisjonsaka 1808-1809 mot losane som førde in den britiske fregatten "Tartar"

Overkriminalrettens dom i saka mot losene som førde inn den britiske frefatten "Tatar"

Deeds
Register of mortgages in Bergen 1681-1691

History - Bergen
Bergen - short history

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Hospitals
Patients at Pleiestiftelsen no. 1, 1865-1900

Patients at St. Jørgen, 1687-1822

Patients at St. Jørgen Hospital, 1822-1946

Patients at St. Jørgens Hospital, 1781

Military
The Marine Roll, Bergen 1727

Seamans in Bergen 1754-1800

Index of the Military ballot for Bergen ca. 1850-1890

Examination board 1803-1805, Bergen

List of soldiers in Bergen ca. 1860-1890

Military register of boats 1806 WORLD WAR II

German institutions and addresses in Bergen in the spring of 1945

Casualties from the explosion in Bergen, 20 april 1944

British intelligence on German installations in Bergen

Protocol from 1944 of the Antiquarian commitee in the "Katastrofeutvalg" in Bergen

Passenger Lists
Bergen-New York ships passenger lists 1871-1873 in Norwegian (3608 listings)

Passports issued for travel to America from Bergen 1842-1860 (1123 listings)

Paupers
Paupers in Bergen 1864-1895

Paupers at Enkefattighuset in Bergen 1711-1817

Paupers at Sander Kaas Stiftelse in Bergen 1769-1815

Paupers at St. Catharina fattighus in Bergen 1773-1777

Paupers at Strange Stiftelse in Bergen 1762-1816

Register of paupers in Bergen, 1800

Probate Records
Probate registry for Bergen 1675-1852

Clerical Probate Records for Bergen Diocese 1681-1809

Probate acts for Bergen 1782-1796

Guardianship

Census of legal guardians for Bergen 1714

Census of legal guardians for Bergen 1703

Other
Railroad workers at Bergensbanen V. 1898-1908

"gesell" (Journeymen) in Bergen 1675-1763

"gesell" (Journeymen) in Bergen 1755-1837

Immigrated apprentices in Bergen 1671-1837

Bergen's mercantile marine 1688

From "rode" to streetname in Bergen 1906-1907

The Real estate register for Bergen 1686-1696

Statistics: Weddings/baptisms/deaths in Bergen 1735

Driver Licences in Bergen 1927

Portrait photographies from Gamle Bergen Museum

Protocol of mascopis (neighbours) in Svengården in Bergen 1598-1700

Index: Crew list for Bergen 1790

Report on the German trade office in Bergen, 1718

Schools
School for midwives in Bergen from 1862-1919

Bergen Cathedral School 1749-1867

Bergen Cathedral School 1860-1929

Examination at Tank School, Bergen 1874-1883

Tax Lists
Poll tax for Bergen 1675

Poll tax for Bergen 1683

Poll tax for Bergen 1689

Capital assessment for Bergen 1657

Property assessment for Bergen 1645

Fattigskatt i Nykirke sognet 1757

Tax census for Bergen 1713

Tax census for Bergen 1715

Census for military tax (krigsstyr) of 1712 Bergen

Addition to the census list of the military tax (krigsstyr) of 1712 for Bergen

Census of military tax (krigsstyr) for the clericals in Bergen 1715


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