Berg Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Troms County &gt; Berg

Church Records
contains parish registers for the parishes Berg and Torsken. The church books begin in 1783.

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.


 * Berg and Torsken clerical district / Torsken parish: 1783-1811, 1833-1878, 1887-1933
 * Berg and Torsken clerical district / Berg parish: 1843-1936
 * Berg and Torsken clerical district / Senja Nikkelverk: 1877-1887

Census Records:
1664-1666 Census for Bergcan be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah

I: Norge. Skattekammerkollegiet. Manntall 1664-1666.

This census was taken by the local parish priests. It lists the name of the farms, names of farm owners (including widows), the sons of the farm owners, male farm hands, cottagers and their sons, and the ages of each person. (Usually only males from the age of 12 years and older, but in some cases all males from birth were listed). There was another census taken by the civil authorities at this same time. Both censuses should be searched as they supplement each other. This clerical census is usually more complete.

SENJEN prosti b. 36 Trondenes prestegjeld Trondenes sogn Kvæfjord anneks Sand (Bjarkøy) anneks Torsken anneks Gryllefjord anneks Berg anneks Mefjord anneks Øifjord anneks Hillesø (Hillesøy) anneks FHL INTL Film 122976 Item 4

1701 Census for Bergcan be found at the Family History Library in Salt lake City, Utah

The census of 1701 was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. Also includes the residence of all unmarried males living away from home when the census was taken.

Troms fylke: b. 19 Senjen (Senja) fogderi Gisund (Lenvik) tingsted Gryllefjord og Torsken sogn Gryllefjord tingsted Berg, Melfjord og Øifjord sogn Berg tingsted Mefjord menighet Øifjord menighet Baltestad (Hillesøy) tingsted FHL INTL Film 122985 Item 5 b. 19 Tromsø fogderi Hillesø (Hillesøy) tingsted Hillesø (Hillesøy) sogn FHL INTL Film 122985 Item 5

1801 Census for Berg

1865 Census for Berg

1875 Census for Berg

1891 Census for Bergcan be found at the Family History Library in Salt lake City, Utah Berg prestegjeld FHL INTL Fiche 6350076 Fiches 1-9 Skipslister (personsedler) FHL INTL Fiche 6350076 Fiche 10

1900 Census for Berg

1910 Census for Berg

Probate Records
1706-1877 Senja judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * by Arthur Brox. A history of Berg and Torsken in Berg clerical district in Troms county and a genealogy of the people and their farms. Text in Norwegain.