Trondenes Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

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Church Records
contains parish registers for the parishes Trondenes with Harstad, Skånland and Sandtorg. It included parishes Bjarkøy (Sand) and Sandsøy from 1813 until 1875, which were annexed to Trondenes clerical district during that time. Records begin in 1744.

Parish heading list shows the Norwegain headings on the parish records with an English translations for each of the different forms used throughout the records beginning in 1814. Prior to that time the records were kept in a journal format which varies with each parish.

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Trondenes clerical district: 1744-1803, 1821-1841, 1863-1870, 1878-1916; Engagements, 1919-1940; birth register, 1916-1925
 * Trondenes clerical district / Trondenes parish: 1795-1878, 1899-1918
 * Trondenes clerical district / Sand (Bjarkøy) parish: 1797-1865
 * Trondenes clerical district / Søvik parish: 1891-1916

Census Records

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666. The 1664-1666 clerical census for Trondenes include the parishes of Trondenes, Kvæfjord, Bjarkøy (Sand), Torsken, Berg and Hillesøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet as well as in a seachable index.


 * Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701. The 1701 census for Trondenes is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a scanned format at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1702-manntalet for Tromsø futedømme. The 1702 census for Tromsø futedømme is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet.


 * Ekstraskattemanntallet 1763 Senja fogderi. The 1763 census for Senja fogderi include the parishes of Astafjord, Trondenes, Kvæfjord, Bjarkøy (Sand), Lenvik, Hillesøy, Torsken, Tranøy, Berg, and Mefjord and is available on microfilm at the Family History Libary.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Trondenes cleircal district include the parishes of Trondenes,Skåneland and Bjarkøy (Sand) and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Trondenes clerical district include the parishes ofTrondenes, Bjarkøy (Sand), Sandtorg and Skåneland and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Histoical Data centre.


 * Folketellinga 1865 for Trondenes (Troms). An index to the 1865 census for Trondenes is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Trondenes clerical district include the parishes of Trondenes, Sandtorg and Skåneland, available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet as well as at the Norwegian Histoical Data centre.


 * Folketellinga 1875 for Trondenes (Troms). An index to the 1875 census for Trondenes is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 1ste januar 1891. The 1891 census for Trondenes clerical district include the parishes of Trondenes, Skåneland, Sandtorg all in Troms County; and Ofoten in Nordland County and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Trondenes clerical district include the parishes of Trondenes, Skåneland and Sandtorg and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1900 for Trondenes (Troms). An index to the 1900 census for Trondenes is available on microfiche at the Family History Libary.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Trondenes is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1706-1877 Senja judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * by Bergljot Holte Bjørkenes and Margareth Jensen. Lineage book covering the whole of old Trondenes Prestegjeld consisting of Harstad and Trondenes parishes. Text in Norwegian.


 * by Trygve Lysaker. A history of Trondenes with Harstad, Skånland, and Sandtorg in Trondenes clerical district in Troms county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. Text in Norwegian.