Faroe Islands Civil Registration

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Faroe Islands

Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 1879-1933 - Dødsattester (Deaths), 1879-1933

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Faroe Islands , index and images, ($)

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Faroe Islands , index and images, ($)

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

Offices to Contact

Tjóðskjalasavnið (The Faeroe Islands National Archives)
V. U. Hammershaimbsgøta 18
FO-100 Tórshavn
Føroya (Faeroe Islands)

Telephone: +298 340 540
Fax: +298 318677
Email: skjalasavn@skjalasavn.fo
Inquiries

Wikipedia

Historical Background

Civil marriages became legal in the Faroe Islands and Denmark in 1851. Prior to that date all persons being married were required to have the ceremony performed by Lutheran clergy, maintained by civil authorities. Although most Faroese marriages continued to be performed and officially recorded by Lutheran clergy, Plymouth Brethren and members of other churches, as well as non-religous persons, were recorded in these civil marriage records.

Death certificates were produced by government authorities. The earliest records begin in 1879.

Føroya Landsskjalasavn (The National Archives) changed its name to Tjóðskjalasavnið in 2018.

Information Recorded in the Records

Marriages Records [Borgerlige Vielser]

• Names of bride and of groom
• Date and place of marriage
• Residences
• Occupations
• Marital status
• Ages or actual dates of birth
• Sometimes birthplaces
• Names of parents
• Names of witnesses

Death Certificates [Dødsattester]

• Name of deceased
• Cause of death
• Names of spouse
• Names of parents
• Dates of death and burial
• Parish of death
• Place of burial.

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