Kvæfjord Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Troms County &gt; Kvæfjord

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