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== Indexes, Catalogs, Inventories, Printed or Manuscript Finding Aids ==
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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 '''Family History 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. Until 1946, the Faroe Islands were part of Denmark. Denmark finally granted the Faroe Islands home-rule with a high degree of local autonomy in 1948. In 1990, archives of the Faroe Islands (with the exception of military archives) were to be handed over to the Faroe Islands National Archives.
==Archives==
===Faroe Islands National Archives==
'''Tjóðskjalasavnið'''<br>
18 V.U. Hammershaimbsgøta<br>
Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands<br>
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Phone: +298 340540<br>
E-mail: 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 ==


These are prepared finding aids that make genealogical material more usable. The timer period they cover varies and depends on the material being indexed.  They consist mostly of reference entries that provide more ready access to records. Sometimes contain record extracts.
== Museums ==
 
These may be found in libraries, archives, and other record repositories in the Faeroe Islands and in Denmark, especially the [https://www.skjalasavn.fo/ Faeroe National Archives] [''Føroya Landsskjalasavn''] in Tórshavn, Faeroe Islands and in the National Archives [''Rigsarkivet''] of Denmark in Copenhagen.


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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 Family History Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

History[edit | edit source]

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. Until 1946, the Faroe Islands were part of Denmark. Denmark finally granted the Faroe Islands home-rule with a high degree of local autonomy in 1948. In 1990, archives of the Faroe Islands (with the exception of military archives) were to be handed over to the Faroe Islands National Archives.

Archives[edit | edit source]

=Faroe Islands National Archives[edit | edit source]

Tjóðskjalasavnið
18 V.U. Hammershaimbsgøta
Tórshavn 100, Faroe Islands

Phone: +298 340540
E-mail: skjalasavn@skjalasavn.fo
Website

At Tjódskjalasavni you can look up your family. The most popular sources for genealogical research include church registers, censuses and transfer protocols.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Museums[edit | edit source]