Kvæfjord Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
contains church records for Kvæfjord parish in Troms County, Norway. 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.


 * Kvæfjord: 1751-1931


 * Kvæfjord Baptistmenighet: 1877-1892

Census Records

 * 1664-1666 see Trondenes clerical district.


 * 1701 see Ibestad clerical district.


 * Manntallet for Kvæfjords menighet 1701. The 1701 census for Kvæfjord congregation is available at the Family History Library.948.452/K1 X29j 1701 FHL INTL Book Available


 * Ekstraskattemanntallet 1763 Senja fogderi. The 1763 tax list 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 Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 1ste februar 1801, Norge.The 1801 census for Kvæfjord is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet(Digital Archives).


 * 1845 folketelling for Kvæfjord prestegjeld (Troms). The 1845 census for Kvæfjord is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen den 31te desember 1865. The 1865 census for Kvæfjord clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives), as well as at the Norwegian Histical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1865 for Kvæfjord (Troms). An index of the 1865 census for Kvæfjord is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Kvæfjord is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives), as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Center.


 * Folketellinga 1875 for Kvæfjord (Troms). An index of the 1875 census for Kvæfjord is available on microfiche at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F582181 Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 1ste januar 1891. The 1891 Census for Kvæfjord is available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900. The 1900 census for Kvæfjord is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1900 for Kvæfjord (Troms). An index to the 1900 census for Kvæfjord is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910. The 1910 census for Kvæfjord 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

 * edited by Erling Linde and Jacob Norman. A genealogy of the people and their farms and a history of Kvæfjord in Troms county. Text in Norwegian.

Farm Names
27 Aspenes indre, 62 Aspenes ytre, 57 Berg, 7 Bjørneraa, 14 Bogen, 66 Bremnes, 18 Bømarken, 59 Dale, 59 Dalsneset, 21 Eidet, 61 Elde, 65 Elven, 2 Finsæter, 28 Finviken, 13 Flesnes, 16 Forøen, 51 Gaare indre, 4 Gapøen, 38 Garløs, 6 Godfjordbotn, 15 Gombogen, 44 Grashaalen, 23 Guldholmen, 20 Gullesfjordbotn, 8 Gunnesdal, 36 Haug, 63 Haugen, 33 Hemmestad nedre, 41 Hokland,12 Holand, 40 Hundstad, 24 Huseby indre, 56 Huseby nedre, 1 Kinn, 26 Kjengsnes, 48 Kristeligflaten, 54 Kvæfjord Præstegaard, 17 Langvasdalen, 47 Lavolden, 25 Lysaa, 48 Maalneset, 9 Mehus, 29 Melaaen, 22 Moelven, 64 Moldvik, 3 Myrland, 30 Refsnes, 5 Reinstad, 11 Røirvik, 10 Røkenes, 42 Salen, 34 Sandvik, 37 Skaar, 31 Skommesvik, 45 Storjorden, 48 Storstrømmen, 53 Strand, 43 Strømmen, 48 Strømsnes, 46 Sørli, 49 Tenvassaasen, 58 Trastad, 60 Utstrand, 19 Vaatvold, 39 Vebbestad, 48 Vik, 50 Vikeland, 47 Voktor, 47 Voktorstranden, 35 Øines

Kvæfjordboka Volume II

Berg, Bjørnrå, Bogen, Bonstadvik, Borkenes, Bremnes, Bømark, Dale, Eide, Elde, Finnseter, Finnvik, Flesnes, Forholtan, Forøy, Forøyseter, Gambogen, Gapøy, Garles, Gullesfjordbotn, Gullholm, Gunnesdal, Gåre, Haug, Haugen, Hokland, Holand, Hunstad, Indre Aspenes, Indre Husby, Langvassbukt, Langvassdalen, Lyså, Kinn, Kjengsnes, Mehus, Melå, Moelv, Molvik, Myrland, Nedre Hemmestad, Nedre Husby, Nordre Rå, Refsnes, Reinstad, Røkenes, Rørvik, Rå, Råsjøen, Salen, Sandvik, Skommesnes, Skår, Storjord, Strand, Straumen, Sørlia, Tennvassås, Utstrand, Vebostad, Vik, Vikeland, Voktor, Våtvoll, Ytre Aspenes, Øvre Hemmestad, Øynes