Ibestad Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Church Records
Ibestad clerical district contains parish registers for the parishes Ibestad, Andørja, Gratangen and Astafjord. Included Bardu parish until 1853 when it was annexed to Målselv clerical district and Salangen and Lavangen parishes until 1907 when they became Salangen clerical district. Records begin in 1751.

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.


 * Ibestad clerical district: 1751-1868, Engagements, 1888-1904, 1914-1919, Birth register, 1917-1929
 * Ibestad clerical district / Astafjord parish: clerical census, 1805-1805
 * Ibestad clerical district / Ibestad parish: 1776-1808, 1821-1942
 * Ibestad clerical district / Salangen parish: 1865-1937
 * Ibestad clerical district / Tranøy parish: 1744-1757

Probate Records
1706-1877 Senja judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * Det gamle Astafjord og Ibestad by Hilmar Eriksen. A history of the old Astafjord and Ibestad parishes in Troms county with some genealogies of the the people and their farms beginning in the year 1115.

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