Skjervøy Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Troms County &gt; Skjervøy

Church Records
contains parish registers from the parishes Skjervøy, Nordreisa and Kvænangen (Skørpen). Records begin in 1748.

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.


 * Skjervøy clerical district: 1748-1870, Engagements, 1907-1940
 * Skjervøy clerical district / Kvænangen parish: 1861-1941
 * Skjervøy clerical district / Nordreisa parish: 1863-1943
 * Skjervøy clerical district / Skjervøy parish: 1871-1941
 * Skjervøy clerical district / Skjervøy and Nordreisa parishes 1862-1870

Census Records:

 * Sogneprestenes manntall 1664-1666 - The 1666 Census for Skjervøy (Tromsø) Clerical District can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. It Contains the Lutheran ministers census for 1666 in Troms county, Norway. This census only list the head of household, and all the male occupants. It was made specifically for military purpose.


 * Manntall 1701 : optatt av fogderi, sorenskrivere og sogne prester ifølge kongebrev av 26 Juli 1701 - The1701 census of Skjervøy Clerical District can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City in Utah. This is a census made specificially for military enlistment and gives the name of the head of household and all males residing in the various households.


 * Ekstraskattemanntallet 1763 Tromsø fogderi - The 1763 tax Census for Skjervøy, Lyngen, Tromsø, and Karlsøy parishes in Tromsø tax district can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge - The 1801 Census for Lenvik Clerical District is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865 - The 1865 Census for Lenvik Clerical District is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875 - The1875 Census for Lenvik Clerical District is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at theNorwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge, 1 Jan 1891 - The 1891 Census for Lenvik Clerical District is available on microfilm at the Family History Library


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900 - The 1900 Census for Lenvik Clerical District is available on microfilm at theFamily History Library. Also available online Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketelling 1910, Norge - The1910 Census for Lenvik Clerical District is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

1664-1666 Census for Skjervøy can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City,Utah TROMSØ PROSTI b. 36 Tromsø prestegjeld Tromsø sogn Mælvig anneks Helgø (Helgøy) anneks Karlsø (Karlsøy) anneks Skjærvø (Skjervøy) anneks Finnemanntall FHL INTL Film 122976 Item 4

1701 Census for Skjervøy can be found at the Family History Library in Utah    The census of 1701 was taken for military purposes. It lists only the males living in rural districts who were over the age of one year. It includes the farm name, name and age of the owner, names and ages of sons and servants. Also includes the residence of all unmarried males living away from home when the census was taken. Troms fylke b. 19 Tromsø fogderi Skjærvø (Skjervøy) tingsted FHL INTL Film 122985 Item 5

1801 Census for Skjervøy

1865 Census for Skjervøy

1875 Census for Skjervøy

1900 Census for Skjervøy

1910 Census for Skjervøy

Probate Records
1690-1866 Tromsø judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Books

 * by Maurits Fugelsøy. A history of Skjervøy in Troms county and a genealogy of the people and their farms.

Historical Society
Nord-Troms Historielag