Målselv Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

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Church Records
contains parish registers for the parishes Målselv, Bardu and Øverbygd. Målselv parish was separated from Lenvik clerical district and Bardu parish from Ibestad clerical district in 1853. For earlier records see the above mentioned clerical districts.

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.


 * Målselv: Engagements, 1853-1942; dissenter marriages, 1919-1942
 * Målselv clerical district / Bardu parish: 1832-1941
 * Målselv clerical district / Målselv parish: 1834-1918
 * Målselv clerical district / Målselv and Øverbygd parishes: 1872-1884
 * Målselv clerical district / Øverbygd parish: 1871-1936

Census Records

 * 1801 see Lenvik clerical district.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865 - The 1865 Census for Målselv 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 - The 1875 Census for Målselv Clerical District 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 Norge, 3 Dec 1900 - The 1900 Census for Målselv Clerical District is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketelling 1910, Norge - The1910 Census for Målselv Clerical District is available online atDigitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as theNorwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1690-1866 Tromsø judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

Farm Book

 * by Alf Kiil. A general history of Målselv in Troms county from the earliest times to 1920 with some genealogy. Text in Norwegian.

Historical Society
Målselv Historielag