Bjarkøy Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Troms County &gt; Bjarkøy

Church Records
contains parish registers from the parishes Bjarkøy (Sand) and Sandsøy. They were annexed to Trondenes clerical district from 1813 until 1875. Records begin in 1758.

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.


 * Bjarkøy (Sand) clerical district: 1758-1797, 1866-1937; Engagements, 1905-1917
 * Trondenes clerical district: 1744-1803, 1821-1841, 1863-1870, 1878-1916
 * Trondenes clerical district / Trondenes parish: 1795-1878, 1899-1918
 * Trondenes clerical district / Sand (Bjarkøy) parish: 1797-1865

Census Records:

 * 1664-1666, 1801, 1865 see Trondenes clerical district.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Bjarkøy clerical district include the parishes of Bjarkøy and Sandsøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  There is an farmname index to this census available on microfiche at the Family History Libraryas well.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge, 1 Jan 1891. The 1891 census for Bjarkøy clerical district include the parihes of Bjarkøy and Sandsøy and is available on microfiche at the Family History Library'


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Bjarkøy clerical district include the parishes of Bjarkøy and Sandsøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library  There is also an alphabetical index by given name, surname, birthplace and by farm name available on microfiche at theFamily History Library.

Probate Records
1706-1877 Senja judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * by Jens L. Jenssen. A history of Bjarkøy in Troms county along with the genealogies of the people living there. Text in Norwegian.

Historical Society
Bjarkøy Kommune Historielag