Bjarkøy Parish, Troms, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Troms County &gt; Bjarkøy

Church Records
contains parish registers from the parishes Bjarkøy (Sand) and Sandsøy. They were annexed to Trondenes clerical district from 1813 until 1875. Records begin in 1758.

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.


 * Bjarkøy (Sand) clerical district: 1758-1797, 1866-1937; Engagements, 1905-1917
 * Trondenes clerical district: 1744-1803, 1821-1841, 1863-1870, 1878-1916
 * Trondenes clerical district / Trondenes parish: 1795-1878, 1899-1918
 * Trondenes clerical district / Sand (Bjarkøy) parish: 1797-1865

Census Records

 * 1664-1666, 1801, 1865 see Trondenes clerical district.


 * Ekstraskattemanntallet 1763 Senja fogderi. The 1763 tax census 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 for kongeriket Norge den 31te desember 1875. The 1875 census for Bjarkøy (Sand) clerical district includes the parishes of Bjarkøy and Sandsøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. There is an farm name index to this census available on microfiche at the Family History Libraryas well. Also available in a searchable database online atDigitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge, 1 Jan 1891. The 1891 census for Bjarkøy (Sand) clerical district includes the parishes of Bjarkøy and Sandsøy and is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900. The 1900 census for Bjarkøy clerical district includes the parishes of Bjarkøy and Sandsøy and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. There is also an alphabetical index by given name, surname, birthplace and by farm name available on microfiche at the Family History Library.. This census is also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre..


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1te desember 1910.. The 1910 census for Bjarkøy 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

 * by Jens L. Jenssen. A history of Bjarkøy in Troms county along with the genealogies of the people living there. Text in Norwegian.

Farm Names
22 Akkarnes 30 Altevik 11 Baarnøen 2 Buvik 23 Dypingen 25 Fenes nedre 9 Flatøen 10 Helløen 24 Horsevik 31 Kolsland 31 Kolslandshaugen 8 Krøttøen 20 Leirvaag nordre 1 Lemmingvær 2 Lonkan 12 Lyngøen 7 Meløen 15 Nergaard 28 Nordsand 5 Olfinvik 4 Senjehesten 5 Sjursvik 21 Skarstein 27 Skjellesvik 4 Skrolsvik 32 Slagstad 6 Steine 13 Sundsvold 29 Sørsand 3 Tømmervik 18 Vestnes 14 Viken 16 Østnes 17 Øvergaard

Bjarkøy Bygdebok Volume II

Akkarnes, Altevik, Bornøy, Breivik, Buvik, Dypingen, Fenes, Helløy, Horsevik, Kolsland, Krøttøy, Lemmingvær, Lyngøy, Meløy, Nergård, Nergårdshamn, Nordleirvåg, Nordsand, Senjehesten, Sjursvik, Skarstein, Skjellesvik, Slagstad, Steine, Sundsvold, Sørleirvåg, Sørsand, Tømmervik, Østnes, Øvergård, Vestnes

Historical Society
Bjarkøy Kommune Historielag