Torsken Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Troms County &gt; Torsken

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 clerical district / Torsken parish: 1783-1811, 1833-1878, 1887-1945
 * 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:
See Berg

1801 Census for Torsken

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.