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Census Records [Fólkatal]

• 1801-1901 Faroe Islands, Denmark, Censuses, 1801-1901 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1801 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1801 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1834 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1834 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1840 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1840 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1845 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1845 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1850 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1850 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1860 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1860 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1870 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1870 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1880 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1880 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1890 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1890 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1901 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1901 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1906 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1906 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1911 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1911 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1916 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1916 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1921 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1921 at Danish Family Search - index & images.
• 1925 Censuses in the Faroe Islands county 1925 at Danish Family Search - index & images.

Censuses are excellent sources to identify individuals and family relationships. Census returns are arranged by town, village, parish, district, and county.

Censuses were taken in the following years:

• 1801
• 1834
• 1840
• 1845
• 1850
• 1855
• 1860
• 1870
• 1880
• 1890
• 1901
• 1906
• 1911
• 1916
• 1921
• 1925
• 1935
• 1945
• 1950
• 1955
• 1960
• 1966
• 1970
• 1977

Generally these records contain the names of members of the household, their civil states, ages or birth dates, occupations, relationships to the head of household. In 1845 the census began recordng the person's places of birth.

Original records are held by the National Archives of Denmark (Rigsarkivet) in Copenhagen, Denmark.