Horten Parish, Vestfold, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Contains parish registers from Horten parish. It was separated from Borre clerical district in 1865. For earlier records see Borre clerical district. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the.

Digital images are online at Digitalarkivet:

Borre: 1710-1750, 1752-1877, 1919-1972

Borre / Borre: 1852-1920

Borre / Nykirke: 1842-1905

Borre / Åsgårdstrand: 1878-1905, 1907-1920

Horten: 1855-1969

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 - Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. Available on Digitalarkivet.


 * 1801 - Folketelling 1801. Available on Digitalarkivet.


 * 1865 census for Horten ladested is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875 - Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Horten is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Available online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1885 census for Horten is available in a searchable database online atDigitalarkivet.


 * 1891 - Folketelling 1891. Available on Digitalarkivet.


 * 1900 census for Horten is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910 census for Horten is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
Søndre Jarlsberg judicial district *1696-1848 Family History Library

Jarlsberg deanery *1704-1808 Family History Library Søndre Jarlsberg sorenskriveri - Digitalarkivet