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*'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm.
*'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
*Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.
==History==
Norwegian control of the Faroes continued until 1814. When the union between Denmark and Norway was dissolved as a result of the Treaty of Kiel in 1814, Denmark retained possession of the Faroe Islands. In 1816, the Faroe Islands became a county within the Danish Kingdom. Denmark granted the Faroe Islands home-rule with a high degree of local autonomy in 1948. In 1990, Danish archives for the Faroe Islands (with the exception of military archives) were handed over to the Faroe Islands National Archives.


==Archives==
Record Type: Prepared finding aids that make genealogical material more usable.
===Faroe Islands National Archives===
'''Tjóðskjalasavnið'''<br>
18 V.U. Hammershaimbsgøta<br>
Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands<br>
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Phone: +298 340540<br>
Email: skjalasavn@skjalasavn.fo<br>
[https://www.skjalasavn.fo/adrar-taenastur/hjalp-og-vegleiding/aettargransking '''Website''']
::At Tjódskjalasavni you can look up your family. The most popular sources for genealogical research include church registers, censuses and transfer protocols.


== Libraries ==
Time Period: Varies; depends on material being indexed.
'''Faroe Island National Library'''<br>
 
J.C. Svabos gøta 16<br>
Contents: Varies; consist mostly of reference entries that provide more ready access to records. Sometimes contain record extracts.
Postboks 61<br>
 
110 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands<br>
Location: Varies; libraries, archives, and other record repositories in the Faeroe Islands and in Denmark, especially the Faeroe National Archives [''Føroya Landsskjalasavn''] in Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands and in the National Archives [''Rigsarkivet''] of Denmark in Copenhagen.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Faeroe Islands,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-2000.</ref>
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Phone: 340 525<br>
== References  ==
E-book: lbs@landsbokasavnid.fo<br>
 
[https://fao.reindex.net/FAOUTL/main/Landing.php?ColSearch=0 '''Catalog''']<br>
{{reflist}}
[https://landsbokasavnid.fo/ '''Website''']
== Museums ==
'''National Museum of the Faroe Islands'''<br>
Kúrdalsvegur 15 <br>
FO-188 Hoyvík, Faroe Islands<br>
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PO Box 1155, FO-110<br>
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
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Phone: +298 340 500<br>
Email: savn@savn.fo<br>
[https://www.tjodsavnid.fo/english '''Website''']


==References==
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Indexes, Catalogs, Inventories, Printed or Manuscript Finding Aids[edit | edit source]

Record Type: Prepared finding aids that make genealogical material more usable.

Time Period: Varies; depends on material being indexed.

Contents: Varies; consist mostly of reference entries that provide more ready access to records. Sometimes contain record extracts.

Location: Varies; libraries, archives, and other record repositories in the Faeroe Islands and in Denmark, especially the Faeroe National Archives [Føroya Landsskjalasavn] in Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands and in the National Archives [Rigsarkivet] of Denmark in Copenhagen.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Faeroe Islands,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-2000.