Bjarkøy Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
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

Census Records
1801 census see Mefjord

1865 census see Berg


 * '''Vicar's Census 1664-1666, no. 36: Lofoten and Vesterålen deanery, Senja deanery and Troms deanery Digital nArchives


 * '''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


 * Ekstraskattemanntallet 1763 Senja fogderi. The 1763 tax census for Senja fogderi includes the parishes of Senja, Astafjord, Trondenes, Kvæfjord, Bjarkøy, Lenvik, Hillesøy, Torsken, Tranøy, Berg and Mefjord and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Bjarkøy (Sand) clerical district includes the parishes of Bjarkøy and Sandsøy and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. There is an farm name index to this census available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library as well. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge, 1 Jan 1891. The 1891 census for Bjarkøy (Sand) clerical district includes the parishes of Bjarkøy and Sandsøy and is available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Bjarkøy clerical district includes the parishes of Bjarkøy and Sandsøy and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. There is also an alphabetical index by given name, surname, birthplace and by farm name available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library.. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910.. The 1910 census for Bjarkøy 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 Jens L. Jenssen. A history of Bjarkøy in Troms county along with the genealogies of the people living there. Text in Norwegian.

Farm Names
22 Akkarnes, 30 Altevik, 11 Baarnøen, 2 Buvik,  23 Dypingen,  25 Fenes nedre, 9 Flatøen,  10 Helløen, 24 Horsevik,  31 Kolsland, 31 Kolslandshaugen, 8 Krøttøen,  20 Leirvaag nordre, 1 Lemmingvær, 2 Lonkan, 12 Lyngøen,  7 Meløen,  15 Nergaard, 28 Nordsand,  5 Olfinvik,  4 Senjehesten, 5 Sjursvik, 21 Skarstein, 27 Skjellesvik, 4 Skrolsvik, 32 Slagstad, 6 Steine, 13 Sundsvold, 29 Sørsand,  3 Tømmervik,  18 Vestnes, 14 Viken,  16 Østnes, 17 Øvergaard

Bjarkøy Bygdebok Volume II

Akkarnes, Altevik, Bornøy, Breivik, Buvik, Dypingen, Fenes, Helløy, Horsevik, Kolsland, Krøttøy, Lemmingvær, Lyngøy, Meløy, Nergård, Nergårdshamn, Nordleirvåg, Nordsand, Senjehesten, Sjursvik, Skarstein, Skjellesvik, Slagstad, Steine, Sundsvold, Sørleirvåg, Sørsand, Tømmervik, Østnes, Øvergård, Vestnes

Bjarkøy Bygdebok Volume I

Akkarnes, Altevik, Bjørnøy, Bornøy, Bredvik, Buvigen, Dypingen, Flatøy, Heløy, Horsevik, Kolsland, Krøtøy, Lemmingvær, Lervang, Lyngøy, Mellemsand, Meløyvær, Nedre Fenes, Nergård, Nordleirvåg, Nordsand, Siversvik, Sjursvik, Skarstein, Skjellesvik, Slagstad, Steinavær, Stene, Sundsvold, Sørleirvåg, Sørsand, Tømmervik, Vestnes, Viken, Østnes, Øvergård, Øvre Fenes

Genealogy
'''Jacobsen, Judy: Norwegian connections: from Arctic Fjord to American Prairie. '''

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Historical Society
Bjarkøy Kommune Historielag