Loppa Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Loppa, 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 Loppa prestegjeld (clerical district).Contains parish registers for the parishes Loppa, Øksfjord and Hasvik with Galten chapel. Records available form 1753-1909.

Digitized parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)

Census Records

 * 1801: The 1801 census for Loppa clerical district includes Loppa, Hasvik, and Øksfjord, and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1865: The 1865 census for Loppa clerical district include Loppa, Hasvik, and Øksfjord and is available on microfilm at theFamily History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkviet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Loppa clerical district include Loppa, Hasvik, and Øksfjord 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.


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


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Loppa 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. Also an an extraction of the 1900 census of Loppa, Finnmark, Norway exists and includes alphabetical lists of given names, surnames, farm names, and birth places listed in the census. It also includes an extract of entries in the order they appear in the original census. Also available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


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

Farm Books
Loppa øy gjennom tidene og slekten Gamst Stmnt.Resp. av Leonh. Gamst Authors Gamst, Leonh. (Leonhard Kristian), 1904- (Main Author)

948.453/L1 D2g FHL INTL Book Available

Volume two is now available as a downloadable PDF file on the internet Loppa bygdebok vol. II.

Genealogy
'''Gamst, Leonhard (Leonhard Kristian), 1904-: Loppa øy gjennom tidene og slekten Gamst. '''A history of Loppa island from 1600-1900 in Finnmark county with a genealogy of the famiy name Gamst.

FHL 948.453/L1 D2

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

1839-1891: Records are found in Alta judicial district.