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Norway

Troms County

Malangen

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

Malangen Parish
Jurisdictions
Stift/Bispedømme/ Diocese	Nidaros bispedømme 1030-1803, Hålogaland bispedømme 1804-1951, Nord-Hålogaland bispedømme 1952-today
Prosti	Senja
Len 1599-1660	Nordlandene
Amt 1689-1919	1660-1789: Nordlandene, 1789-1866: Finmmarken, 1866-1919: Tromsø
Fylke 1919-Present	Troms (1919-2019), Troms og Finnmark (2020-present)
Region	Nord-Norge
Prestegjeld	Balsfjord
Kommune	Balsfjord
Skifteretten	Tromsø prosti, Senja prosti
Tinglag	Balsfjord
Fogderi	Senja og Tromsø
Sorenskriveri	Malangen
Skipreide	N/A

Places

Farm Names

The farm number and name of the farms listed in Oluf Rygh Farm Name Index in about 1900 were as follows:

1 Ansnes, 22 Aspemoen, 22 Aspenes, 28 Aursfjord, 29 Aursfjordbotn,

6 Bakkeby, 21 Bjørkhaug, 28 Bjørkhaug, 21 Bjørkli,

34 Eidet, 18 Eliasnes,

2 Forøen, 21 Furudal,

5 Gammelgaarden,

10 Hamran, 16 Haugen, 25 Havnvaag indre,

31 Keianes, 27 Kirkevik, 13 Kjærvik, 13 Kjærvikaasen, 34 Koris,

7 Labugten, 22 Lakseidet, 24 Lanes, 16 Leirbogen,

35 Maalsnes, 17 Mestervik, 8 Mortenhals,

33 Navaren indre, 14 Nordby, 14 Nordbyvandet, 20 Nordfjordbotn,

32 Perhansanes,

18 Reinveien, 15 Ringjorden,

9 Sand, 10 Sandsvik, 19 Skjaavikøren, 12 Skutvik indre, 11 Skutvikvandet, 13 Smedviken, 4 Spilderbugten, 3 Spildernes, 23 Staalvikbotn, 21 Storskogens Almenning, 15 Storsteinnes, 30 Sørelvmoen,

21 Vasvold,

21 Øverli

Malangen bygdebok: Abrahamheimen, Alfheim, Ansnes, Aspeli, Aspemoen, Aspenes, Astun, Aursfjord, Aursfjordbotn, Aursfjordgård, Aursnes, Ausfjord, Bakkeby, Bakkeeng, Bakkehaug, Bakkehell, Bakkeli, Bakkelund, Bakken, Bakketun, Bekkevoll, Berg, Bergheim, Bergli, Berglid, Berglund, Bergmo, Bergset, Bergsletta, Bergstad, Bergum, Birkelund, Bjørkeng, Bjørkhaug, Bjørkheim, Bjørkli, Bjørklund, Bjørkås, Brattheim, Brattli, Brennvik, Brorstad, Dalheim, Dalset, Eidet, Eidismoen, Eliasnes, Elseheim, Elvebakken, Elvebø, Elvegård, Elvenes, Elverum, Elvestad, Eng, Engen, Engum, Engvoll, Fagerli, Fagertun, Falkenberg, Fjell, Fjellborg, Fjellro, Fjellstad, Fjelltun, Forøy, Fossbakken, Fossli, Fossmo, Fredheim, Friberg, Frogner, Fugleli, Furudal, Gammelgård, Gresnesbukt, Grorud, Grønlid, Grønvoll, Grøtstenli, Gullhaug, Hamnvåg, Hamnvågbakken, Hamran, Handelstedet, Hansgård, Haugen, Haugjord, Hauglund, Haugnes, Haugset, Heggen, Heim, Heimdal, Heimen, Heimro, Heimstad, Henriknes, Holmen, Holt, Hvileng, Høgli, Høgåsen, Jensvoll, Keianes, Kirkevik, Kjerreng, Kjervik, Kjervikåsen, Kjosen, Kjær, Kleivstad, Kobbenes, Koris, Korsvik, Kvannfjell, Kærvik, Labukt, Lakseidet, Lamyr, Lanes, Langbakken, Langnes, Langstrand, Langås, Laskog, Leirbogen, Lieng, Lilehaug, Lilleborg, Lilleeng, Lillevang, Lundberg, Lundemo, Lundvang, Lunli, Lyngmo, Lysbakken, Løksletta, Løvhaug, Løvheim, Masseng, Maurset, Melkild, Mellemlia, Mellom, Mestervik, Mesterøya, Minde, Mo, Moen, Molund, Mortenbukt, Mortenhals, Myrbakk, Myrbakken, Myre, Myreng, Myrhaug, Myrland, Myrli, Myrslett, Myrvang, Myrvold, Møllestad, Målsnes, Mårfjelli, Naustneset, Navaren, Nerdrum, Nergård, Nordby, Nordbynes, Nordbyvatnet, Nordeng, Nordfjordbotn, Nordgård, Nordheim, Nordlund, Nordmo, Nordvang, Nordvik, Nyberg, Nyborg, Nybrott, Nybygget, Nygård, Nyhaug, Nyheim, Nylund, Nymo, Nyrud, Nyset, Nystad, Nytun, Nyvoll, Oldervik, Olsrud, Opphus, Perhansanes, Plogen, Rabbenes, Reinveien, Rikkero, Ringjord, Rydningen, Ryeng, Rørbakk, Sagelvmo, Sagelvsletta, Sand, Sandberg, Sandmo, Sandsvik, Sandsvikås, Seljehaug, Seljemo, Seter, Setermoen, Skaugum, Skjåvikør, Skog, Skogbakken, Skogeng, Skogli, Skoglund, Skogly, Skogmo, Skogrud, Skogstad, Skrinbergvik, Skutvik, Skutvikvatnet, Skutvikås, Slaktervika, Sletta, Sletteng, Slettmo, Slettvoll, Sløykholmmo, Slåttvika, Smedvika, Småsletta, Solbakken, Solberg, Soleng, Solhaug, Solheim, Solli, Solset, Solstad, Solvang, Sommerbakken, Sommersete, Spilderbukt, Spildernes, Spildra, Stabben, Staffheim, Steinbakken, Steinset, Storbakk, Storbukt, Storlid, Storskogen, Storsteinner, Storvik, Strandheim, Straumsnes, Stålvikbotn, Sæter, Sørelvmo, Sørmarka, Tingstad, Tingvoll, Tofte, Utheim, Vang, Vangen, Vassvoll, Vesterli, Vik, Vikheim, Viklund, Vinje, Voll, Vrangen, Ytreberg, Østerli, Øvergården, Øverli, Øvermo, Øvervoll, Øvringen, Øyen, Åkermo, Ås, Åsen, Åsgård, Åsheim, Åslund

Resources

Census Records

• The Malangen Clerical district is included in the Tromsø and Balsfjord Clerical district until 1856.

• 1845 folketelling for Tromsøysund, Balsfjord og Malangen i Tromsø prestegjeld (Troms) - 1845 Census for Tromsø, Tromsøysund, Balsfjord og Malangen is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library as well as online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)

• 1865, 1875see Balsfjord clerical district.

• 1891 census for Malangen (Troms) is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives

• Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1900 - The 1900 Census for Balsfjord clerical district include Balsfjord and ; Malangen and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives as well as the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

• Folketellingen for Norge den 3dje desember 1910 - The 1910 Census for Balsfjord and Malangen Clerical District is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Church Records

Balsfjord clerical district was established in 1856 with the parishes Balsfjord and Malangen which were separated from Tromsø parish and clerical district in 1856. For earlier records see Tromsø clerical district.

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.

• Christenings, 1856-1926
• Confirmations, 1856-1926
• Banns, 1858-1867, 1879-1910, 1920-1927
• Marriages, 1856-1926
• Stillbirths, 1879-1920
• Burials, 1856-1926
• Vaccinations, 1858-1867
• Removals and arrivals, 1857-1886, 1910-1921

Digital images of the church books are online at Digitalarkivet.

• Balsfjord Clerical District / Malangen parish: 1856-1927, Engagements, 1858-1927, Birth register, 1916-1930
• Balsfjord Clerical District / Balsfjord and Malangen parishes: 1856-1936, Engagements, 1858-1927, Birth register, 1916-1930

Compiled Genealogies

Bygdebøker (Farm Books)

Malangen Bygdebok by N. A. Ytreberg. A history of Malangen in Troms county with the genealogy of some of the people and their farms. A farm name index to this book is found in the following link.

Balsfjorden og Malangens historie fram til 1830-åra: fra veidesamfunn til jordbruksbygd by Anders Ole Hauglid. A history of Balsfjord and Malangen in Troms county, Norway from the earliest times to the 1830's. Includes some extracts from various tax lists and the 1769 and 1801 census records.

Local Histories

Hauglid, Anders Ole: Balsfjorden og Malangens historie fram til 1830- åra: fra veidesamfunn til jordbruksbygd. Includes some extracts from various tax lists and the 1769 and 1801 census records.

948.452/B1 H2

Probate Records

1690-1866 Tromsø judicial district.

1776-1809 Troms County judicial district.

1697-1824 Troms and Senja deanery.

References

Oluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names

-Ytreberg, N. A.: Malangen Bygdebok. Malangen Bygdebok Komite; F. Bruns Bokhandels Forlag, Trondheim 1943 (?)