Sandsøy Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Sandsøy church records are included with Bjarkøy clerical district. It was 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: 1744-1928, Birth register, 1916-1925, Engagements, 1919-1940
 * Trondenes clerical district / Trondenes parish: 1744-1928, Birth register, 1916-1925, Engagements, 1919-1940 (includes the parishes of Santorg and Skånland
 * Trondenes clerical district / Sand (Bjarkøy) parish: 1797-1878

Census Records:
See Sand (Bjarkøy) and Trondenes

Probate Records
1706-1877 Senja judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.