Kistrand Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Kistrand, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records

 * Microfilm of parish registers available at the for Kistrand prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for Kistrand and Kjelvik parishes with Lakselv and Børselv chapels. The parishes, were separated from the combined Kistrand-Kautokeino clerical district in 1851. For earlier records see Kautokeino clerial district. The Kistrand parish priest was also responsible for the Lapplanders around the Porsanger fjord, and some of the Karasjok records might be found in this clerical disrict up to 1873.


 * Digitized images of parish registers online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records

 * 1801: The 1801 census for Kistrand is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1865: The 1865 census for Kistrand is available on microfilm a the Family History Library. Available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre. Also, an extraction to the 1865 census for Kirstrand is available on microfiche at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. This includes a "First Name" and "Surname" index.


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Kistrand is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre. Also an extraction of the 1875 census for Kistrand is available on microfiche at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. This includes a "First name" and "Last name" index.


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Kistrand herred is available online in a searchable database at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Kistrand is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Center.


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Kistrand is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Probate Records
1686-1844: Records are found in Finnmark judicial district.

1841-1873: Records are found in Hammerfest judicial district.