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Archives and Libraries

• 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.

Archives

National Archives of Iceland (Þjóðskjalasafn Íslands)
Laugavegur 162
101 Reykjavík, Iceland

E-mail address: upplysingar@skjalasafn.is
Telephone: +354-5903300
Website Genealogy Census Website Information in fourteen censuses (1703, 1816, 1835, 1840, 1845, 1850, 1855, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1901, 1910 and 1920).

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