Iceland 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).
 * National Archives of Iceland Browsable Church Census Records Alphabetical by county.

Record Offices

 * In Iceland church books fill the function of civil registration. There was no form of separate civil registration until 1953.
 * Iceland Parish List: If you know the name of the parish where your ancestors lived, consult this alphabetical clickable parish list to find genealogy links and helps for that parish.

Counties (singular:sýsla; plural:sýslur)
If you know the county and parish where your ancestors lived, you can also reach the parish genealogy links and helps via the county pages. These county pages will also help identify close-by parishes in the event that you ancestors moved.