Lyngen Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Church Records
Lyngen clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Lyngen, Kåfjord, Storfjord and Sørfjord. The records begin in 1756. For the years 1861 to 1871 for Sørfjord parish see Karlsøy clerical district.

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.


 * Lyngen clerical district: 1756-1860, Engagements, 1919-1941, 1914-1919, Birth register, 1916-1924
 * Lyngen clerical district / Lyngen parish: 1859-1913
 * Lyngen clerical district / Sørfjord parish: 1847-1928


 * Lyngen: Den frie apostoliske menighet, 1858-1891

Probate Records
1690-1866 Tromsø judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * Lyngen bygdebok by Emil Larssen. A history of Lyngen in Troms county in two volumes. V. 1 is a history of Lyngen clerical district while v. 2 is a history of the farms.

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