Kåfjord Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

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Church Records
Kåfjord is a parish in Lyngen clerical district. The records begin in 1756.

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

Census Records:

 * 1801, 1865, 1875, 1891, 1900,1910 see Lyngen clerical district.

Probate Records
1690-1866 Tromsø judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * by Arvid Moberg. A history of the copper mines in Kåfjord, Troms county and the people that lived and worked there. Text in Norwegian.