Lebesby Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Lebesby, 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 Lebesby prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for the parishes Lebesby, Kjøllefjord, Omgang and Hopseidet. Included parishes Tana with Berlevåg chapel and Polmak until 1846. Book 2 has some christenings, marriages and burials from Karasjok parish.


 * Digitaized parish register online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records

 * 1801: The 1801 census for Lebesby clerical district include the parishes Lebesby, Kjøllefjord, Tana, and Polmak, and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).
 * 1801 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1865: The 1865 census for Lebesby clerical district include Lebesby and Kjøllefjord and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also availalble online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre. There is also an extraction of the 1865 census for Lebesby, Finnmark, Norway. It includes alphabetical lists of given names, surnames, farm names, and birth places listed in this census. It also includes an extract of entries in the order they appear in the original census. It is available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Lebesby clerical district include Lebesby and Kjøllefjord and is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre. There is also an extraction of the 1875 census for Lebesby, Finnmark. It includes alphabetical lists of the given names, surnames, farm names, and birth places listed in this census. It also includes an extract of entries in the order they appear in the original census. Also available online at Digital Archives.
 * 1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)'


 * 1891 census for Lebesby Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)
 * 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1900: This is an extraction of the 1900 census of Lebesby, Finnmark. It 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. It is available on microfiche at the FamilySearch Library.


 * 1900 census for Lebesby clerical district includes Lebesby and Kjøllefjord and is available on microfilm a the FamilySearch Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre. 


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

Genealogy
'''Barbala, Harald: Kiil - Lund: et bidrag til Nilsen Lund - familiens historie. '''The early Kiil/Kihl ancestor, Joen Stephansen Kihl (Jon Steffensen Kiil) ca. 1615-1689, died in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was married three times. The Lund family originated from Finnmark county, Norway. The Lund family forefather, Anders Kihl or Andreas Kihl Nilsen Lund, (1832-1895) was born in Lund, Leiranger, Nordland county, Norway. He married Anna Karolina Filipsdatter (1847-1940) born in Bakklandet, Lebesby, Finnmark county, Norway

FS Library 929.2481 K 55

To view a digital version click here

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

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