Finnmark County, Norway Genealogy

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Finnmark County

Guide to Finnmark ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Finnmark county

History

Finnmark is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland (Lapland) to the south and Russia (Murmansk Oblast) to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean) to the northwest, and the Barents Sea (Arctic Ocean) to the north and northeast.

The county was formerly known as Finmarkens amt or Vardøhus amt, and since 2002, has had two official names: Finnmark (Norwegian) and Finnmárku (Sami language). It is part of the Sápmi region, which spans four countries, as well as the Barents Region, and is the largest and least populated county of Norway.

Jurisdictions

Parishes

• Alta
• Berlevåg
• Gamvik
• Hammerfest
• Hasvik
• Hopseidet
• Karasjok
• Kautokeino
• Kistrand
• Kjelvik
• Kjøllefjord
• Kvalsund
• Kåfjord
• Lebesby
• Loppa
• Måsøy
• Nesseby
• Omgang
• Polmak
• Sør Varanger
• Sørøysund (see Hammerfest)
• Talvik
• Tana
• Vadsø
• Vardø
• Øksfjord
• Vardø Branch (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1904-1909)

Probate Jurisdictions

Finnmark Probate Jurisdictions

• Finnmark
• Tana and Varanger
• Hammerfest
• Alta

Resources

Church Records

• 1812-1938 Norway, Church Records, 1812-1938 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1815-1930 Norway Church Books, 1815-1930 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1815-1938 Norway Church Records, 1815-1938 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1850-1950 Record of members, 1850-1950(*); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Trondheim District (Sør-Trøndelag) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• Digitized parish registers of Finnmark at Digitalarkivet - images
• Parish Register Headings for Norway

Census

• 1664-1666 Fogdenes og sorenskrivernes manntall 1664-1666, nr. 20: Fogderier (len og skipreider) i nåværende Nordland fylke, Troms fylke og Finnmark fylke at Digitalarkivet - images
• 1701 1701 census for Senja og Trms fogderi at Digitalarkivet - images
• 1801 1801 Census at Digitalarkivet - index & images
• 1865 1865 Census; Also at: FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1875 1875 Census; Also at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1885 1885 Census at Digitalarkivet - index & images
• 1891 1891 Census for Northern Norway at Digitalarkivet - index & images
• 1900 1900 Census at Digitalarkivet - index & images
• 1910 1910 Census at Digitalarkivet - index & images

Court Records

• 1620-1802Tingbøker, 1620-1802(*); Sorenskriveri (Finnmark fylke) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• 1666-1797Tingbøker, 1666-1797(*); Lagdømme (Nordland) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration

• Emigrants leaving Finnmark at pasma.no - index; internet-archived page

Guardianship

• 1755-1865Overformynderiprotokoller, 1755-1865(*); Sorenskriveri (Finnmark fylke) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Probate Records

• 1640-1903 Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1686-1818 Probate index for Finmark, 1686-1818 at DigitalArkivet - images
• 1686-1816 Fornavnregister til skifteprotokollene for Finnmark 1686-1816 (1818) by Arne Gunnar Edvardsen - book; index to probate records for Finnmark county, Norway, 1686-1816 (1818)
• 1686-1844 Skifteprotokoller, 1686-1844(*); Sorenskriveri (Finnmark fylke) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• 1741-1817 Registre til geistlige og militære skifter i Troms og Finnmark by Arne Gunnar Edvardsen - book; index to probate records for Lutheran ministers and their families, 1697 -1824 for Troms and Finnmark counties; and for military personnel at Vardøhus fortress, 1741-1817
• 1816-1856 Probate index for for Øst-Finnmark, 1816-1856 at DigitalArkivet - images
• 1816-1840 Probate index for Vest-Finnmark, 1816-1840 at DigitalArkivet - images

Taxation

• 1566-1661 Lensregnskaper, 1566-1661(*); Rentekammeret at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• 1661-1690 Fogderegnskaper, 1661-1690(*); Rentekammeret at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• 1670-1690 Regnskaper, 1670-1690(*); Stiftamtstue (Trondheim) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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