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

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Iceland is an island between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans settled by Vikings in 874. It was governed by Denmark from 1381 to 1944, when it gained full independence as a Republic. The official language is Icelandic.

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Counties

Iceland is divided into counties (singular: sýsla; plural: sýslur). If the ancestor's county is known, use the county-specific resources available on the respective county page below.

Árnes Austur-Barðastrandar Austur-Húnavatns Austur-Skaftafellsa Borgarfjarðar Dala Eyjafjarðar

Gullbringu Hnappadals Kjósar Mýra Norður-Ísafjarða Norður-Múla

Norður-Þingeyjar Rangárvalla Skagafjarðar Snæfellsnes Stranda Suður-Múla

Suður-Þingeyjar Vestmannaeyjar Vestur-Barðastranda Vestur-Húnavatns Vestur-Ísafjarðar Vestur-Skaftafells

Parishes

Each county of Iceland is divided into parishes. If the ancestor's parish is known, consult the Iceland Parish List for parish-specific resources.

• Some place names are not parishes, and are in fact farm names, which may not appear in the parish list. Farm names for each parish will be listed on the parish page.