Dyrøy Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Dyrøy is a parish in Tranøy clerical district. 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.


 * Tranøy clerical district: 1757-1877, Engagements, 1876-1940
 * Tranøy clerical district / Dyrøy parish: 1829-1945

Census Records

 * '''Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 36: Lofoten and Vesterålen deanery, Senja deanery and Troms deanery Digital Archivess=&from=&to=&format=all&archive_key=&jt%5B%5D=39&m%5B%5D=1926


 * '''Bailiff's Census 1664-1666, no. 20: Modern Nordland county, modern Troms county and modern Finnmark county Digital Archives


 * '''Census (manntall) 1701, no. 19: Senja and Tromsø fogderi Digital Archives


 * 1801, 1865, 1875 see Tranøy clerical district.


 * 1801-telling for Sand (Dyrøy) is also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet.


 * 1891 Folketelling for Dyrøy Clerical District is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

. Also available online at Digitalarkivet and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * An extraction of the 1900 census for Dyrøy parish is available on microfiche at the


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Dyrøy clerical district is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as 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 Oddbjørn Knutsen. A genealogy and a history of the people and their farms in Dyrøy, Troms County, Norway. Vol. 1 includes an expanded index. text in Norwegian.

Farm name indexes to volumes 1 -3 are found in the following links. , ,

Farm Names
The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

40 Berg, 9 Bjørkebakken, 11 Brøstad, 34 Djupvik nordre, 36 Dyrøklauven,  35 Espejorden,  20 Faksfjord, 4 Finfjeldet, 2 Finland, 1 Finlandsneset, 3 Finlandsviken, 29 Forsaa nedre, 19 Frimobakken,  23 Giskevik nordre, 24 Giskevik søndre,  30 Hals 26 Havn, 31 Holm, 14 Hundstrand,  18 Kastnes, 17 Kastneshavn, 33 Klubbeneset, 22 Kvalnes,  27 Lien,  25 Miklebostad, 32 Mærkesne,s  10 Rubbaasen,  8 Sandvik, 15 Skjæret, 37 Skogshavn, 16 Sortevik, 14 Steffanes, 38 Storelven, 39 Storelvhaugen, 5 Storlien, 12 Sæter nordre, 21 Sørfjord,  33 Utengen,  41 Vinje lille

Gårds-og slektshistorie for Dyrøy Volume I

Bakkehaug, Bakkejord, Bakketun, Bergan, Bergheim, Bjerglund, Bjørkebakken, Bjørkeng, Bjørklund, Blindfinnheimen, Brattli, Brøstad, Dalgård, Dalheim, Elvebakken, Elvemo, Elverum, Elvevold, Elvernes, Fagerheim, Fagertun, Farstad, Finnefjellet, Finnland, Finnlandsnes, Finnlandsvika, Flatland, Fossmo, Fridheim, Gluggen, Grunnes, Gullbakkene, Hammervold, Hassvold, Haugen, Haugland, Heimly, Hindberg, Høgmo, Høgvold, Høylund, Hugheim, Hundstrand, Kvilstad, Langmyrmoen, Lauvset, Leiringen, Lia, Lillegård, Lilleng, Lund, Lunde, Luneng, Lyngvoll, Moldforsletten, Molund, Myrgård, Myrlund, Myrvang, Myrvold, Nergård, Nerland, Nordheim, Nordhop, Nordli, Nordre Sæter, Norvold, Nylund, Nymoen, Nyrud, Nyrvold, Rubbåsen, Rustad, Rydningen, Ryvold, Sandavika, Sandmo, Sandvik, Sandvika, Sandvoll, Skåbakken, Skjæret, Skoglund, Slettebakken, Solbakk, Solhaug, Solli, Sortevik, Steffanes, Steinmo, Steinvoll, Stenhaugen, Stian, Storlia, Strandly, Svaleng, Sæter, Sørgård, Sørhop, Tilfredshet, Torheim, Vallurhauge, Vonheim, Yttergård

Gårds og slektshistorie for Dyrøy Volume II

Bakke, Berglund, Bjerklund, Dyrøyhamn, Elvebakken, Engen, Fagerli, Faksfjord, Fløystad, Forså, Framnes, Fredheim, Frimobakken, Gjeskevik, Hals, Hamn, Hamneskaret, Hamnøra, Haugli, Hegge, Heimly, Holm, Kastnes, Kastneshamn, Kirkenes, Kjærvik, Kvalnes, Lasletta, Leirbakken, Lia, Lian, Liasletten, Løkhaug, Løkvold, Lundegård, Lyseng, Mellomsletten, Merkesnes, Mikkelbostad, Myre, Myrlund, Nergård, Nesset, Nordgård, Nordhaug, Nordhus, Nordmo, Nøysomhet, Nyengen, Nygård, Nylund, Nymoen, Nyseth, Pålsjord, Raplia, Rydning, Sandavika, Skogheim, Skoglund, Solheim, Solstad, Solvang, Sølvfest, Sørfjord, Steinbakken, Steinli, Stenvold, Tryggstad, Utstrand, Ås

Gårds- og slektshistorie for Dyrøy Volume III

Aspeli, Aspheim, Bakken, Berg, Bergli, Betholmen, Bjerklund, Bjørkvik, Blomli, Burvold, Bustusheim, Dalheim, Djupvik, Dyrøykleiva, Einemoen, Elvenesset, Elvevold, Elvstad, Espejord, Espenes, Fjellseth, Forstrand, Fredheim, Furulund, Geitnesvika, Gjerdesletten, Hauan, Haug, Kalvøy, Kjerrgård, Klauvhamn, Klubbenes, Langhamn, Lavik, Lavika, Lavold, Lille Vinje, Lillesandvik, Lunde, Løkken, Mellommoen, Mobakken, Moen, Moland, Molund, Myrlund, Myrmoen, Myrnes, Myrseth, Myrvold, Nergård, Nordhus, Nygård, Nylund, Nymo, Nystedet, Nøysomhet, Oppegård, Opphaug, Ringnes, Sandes, Seljebakken, Seljevolden, Sjøbakken, Skakland, Skarli, Skjærnes, Skogli, Skogly, Skogshamn, Skogstad, Slettli, Solbakken, Solheim, Solset, Solseth, Solstrand, Stegermoen, Steinbakken, Steinbrått, Steinhaug, Store Vinje, Storelv, Storelva, Storelvhaug, Storhaugen, Storhaugliene, Strand, Stranda, Strandvold, Svendsgård, Sætran, Sørgård, Torheim, Trættevikhaug, Tune, Tømmermoen, Uteng, Vangen, Vievold, Vinje, Volden, Øverli, Åsland

Genealogy
'''Kleiva, Ivar, 1903-: Noko om Teodora Nilsen og Hilmar Pettersens forfedre, ætt og etterkomarar. '''A genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Teodora Jakobsdatter Nilsen born in1881 on Elvebakken in Dyrøy, Troms, Norway, died 1933 and Hilmar Pettersen born 1881 on Gryttefjord in Torsken, Troms, Norway, died 1940.

FS Library 929.2481 A1

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