Nesseby Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Nesseby, 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 Nesseby prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Nesseby and Polmak. Nesseby was separated from Vadsø clerical district and Polmak from Lebesby clerical district in 1846. For earlier record for these parishes see the above mentioned clerical districts. Records available from 1838-1985.

Nesseby: 1812-1813, 1838-1985 Nesseby/Nesseby: 1838-1985 Nesseby/Polmak: 1856-1917 Nesseby/Tana: 1812-1867

Census Records
For 1801 census see Vadsø


 * Folketælling for Norge, 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Nesseby clerical district include Nesseby and Polmak and is avaialble on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 31 December 1875. The 1875 census for Nesseby clerical district include the parishes of Nesseby and Polmak, and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkviet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 1 January 1891. The 1891 census for Nesseby is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 December 1900. The 1900 census for Nesseby clerical district include the parishes of Nesseby andPolmak and 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.


 * Folketellingen for Norge, 1 December 1910. The 1910 census forNesseby 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.

1855-1882: Records are found in Tana and Varanger judicial district.