Bjarkøy Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Church Records
Bjarkøy clerical district 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

Probate Records
1706-1877 Senja judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

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

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