Tranøy Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

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

Church Records
Tranøy clerical district contains parish registers from the parishes Tranøy, Stonglandet, Dyrøy and Sørreisa. Records begin in 1744.

Parish heading list shows the Norwegian 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.


 * Tranøy clerical district: 1757-1943, Engagements, 1876-1940

Census Records:

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


 * '''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 Astafjord, Trondenes, Kvæfjord, Bjarkøy, Lenvik, Hillesøy, Torsken, Tranøy, Berg and Mefjord and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge - The 1801 Census for Tranøy Clerical District includes the parishes of Tranøy, Stonglandet, Dyrøy, Sørreisa and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865 - The 1865 Census for Tranøy and Dyrøy in Berg;Clerical District includes the parishes of Tranøy, Dyrøy, Sørreisea, Stonglandet and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1865 for Tranøy (Troms). The 1865 census index to Tranøy is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellingen for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875 - The 1875 Census for Tranøy includes the parishes of Tranøy, Dyrøy, Stonglandet and Sørreisa and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge, 1 Jan 1891 - The 1891 Census for Tranøy includes the parishes of Tranøy, Dyrøy, Sørreisa and Stonglandet and  is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900 - The 1900 Census for Tranøy Clerical District includes the parishes of Tranøy, Dyrøy, Stonglandet and Sørreisa and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1900 for Tranøy (Troms). The 1900 index to Tranøy is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketelling 1910, Norge - The 1910 Census for Tranøy Clerical District is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as 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
Eriksen, Hans Kristian: Fra veidemann til fiskarbonde: bygdebok for Dyrøy, Sørreisa og Tranøy.

Vol 1: collected source material.

Farm Names
12 Aa, 36 Baardsletten, 5 Betholmen, 26 Bryggerhaugen vestre,  14 Dragøen,  16 Eidet, 4 Einemoen, 4 Espenes,  1 Forstrand, 15 Frovaag,  12 Grønvik,  23 Halvardslien, 30 Hellemoen, 10 Hofsøen,  32 Jonsgaard,  16 Laneset, 1 Lavik, 8 Lekangen,  2 Mobakken nordre,  22 Ottemoen,  31 Paalsrud,  37 Rubbestad,  4 Seljebakken, 19 Skatvik, 34 Solli, 11 Stanglandshals, 9 Stangnes, 4 Storhaugen, 33 Stormoen, 11 Strømsneset, 28 Svanelvdalen,  24 Torslien, 25 Torsmoen, 18 Tranøen,  6 Valvaag nordre, 20 Vangsvik, 17 Vasjorden, 21 Viken,  35 Øverli

Genealogy
'''Jacobsen, Judy: Norwegian connections: from Arctic Fjord to American Prairie. '''Jens Severin Jakobsen was born 6 July 1874 in Stonglandseidet, Senja Island, Norway. His parents were Jakob Andreas Pedersen (1843-1904) and Hanna Kristine Pedersdatter (1843-1918). He married Eline Karoline Ingebrigtsen (1891-1956) 4 Januar 1909 in White Earth, Ward county, North Dakota. They had nine children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Norway, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Montana.

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