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==Online Resources==
*[https://www.islendingabok.is/ Islendingabok.is] - Genealogical database of the inhabitants of Iceland, dating back more than 1,200 years. Access is limited to persons who have an Icelandic social security number.


== Special Genealogical Collections (Ættatølurbækur) ==


== Extracted Records ==
Research use: These records give linkage and genealogical information.
FamilySearch has organized volunteers to extract genealogical data from parish registers and compiled genealogies. These records can be searched at FamilySearch Genealogies: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies/submission/8/MMD6-Y12 Iceland. Historical Family Trees].


== Special Genealogical Collections (''Ættatølurbækur'') ==
Record type: Collections of genealogical information. These include collections compiled by Jon Espolin, Steingrimur Jonsson, Olafur Snoksdalin, and Einar Jonsson; as well as pedigrees and genealogies of Skagafjarðar County.


These records give linkage and genealogical information. These include collections compiled by Jon Espolin, Steingrimur Jonsson, Olafur Snoksdalin, and Einar Jonsson; as well as pedigrees and genealogies of Skagafjarðar County. The materials held by the FamilySearchLibrary cover the time period from 874 to the 1930s.  
Time period: 874 to the 1930s.


They generally contain the names of persons, their dates and places of birth and death, parentage, names of spouse and children, residence, occupations; general biographical information; pedigrees listing several generations of ancestry with dates of birth, marriage, and death. The National Archives in Reykjavik holds a considerable number of these records.
Contents: Names of persons, their dates and places of birth and death, parentage, names of spouse and children, residence, occupations; general biographical information; pedigrees listing several generations of ancestry with dates of birth, marriage, and death.


Location: National Archives.
Percentage in Family History Library: 100% of the material at the National Archives has been acquired.
Population coverage: 40 to 50%.
Reliability: Fair to very good.
Accessibility: Most records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library. Records are also accessible to researchers at the National Archives and National Library.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Iceland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1988-1997.</ref>
== References  ==
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Special Genealogical Collections (Ættatølurbækur)[edit | edit source]

Research use: These records give linkage and genealogical information.

Record type: Collections of genealogical information. These include collections compiled by Jon Espolin, Steingrimur Jonsson, Olafur Snoksdalin, and Einar Jonsson; as well as pedigrees and genealogies of Skagafjarðar County.

Time period: 874 to the 1930s.

Contents: Names of persons, their dates and places of birth and death, parentage, names of spouse and children, residence, occupations; general biographical information; pedigrees listing several generations of ancestry with dates of birth, marriage, and death.

Location: National Archives.

Percentage in Family History Library: 100% of the material at the National Archives has been acquired.

Population coverage: 40 to 50%.

Reliability: Fair to very good.

Accessibility: Most records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library. Records are also accessible to researchers at the National Archives and National Library.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Iceland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1988-1997.