Vardø Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Vardø, 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. Contains parish registers for Vardø parish with Makkaur chapel which was discontinued in 1808. Vardø became an annex to Vadsø clerical district in 1819, but became its own clerical district again in 1849. Records available for the years 1747-1912.

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

Census Records

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


 * 1855 folketelling for Vardø landsogn i Vardø prestegjeld (Finnmark). The 1855 census for Vardø clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also, the 1865 census for Vardø clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1865: The 1865 census for Vardø city is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. This is another filming for the city only. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Vardø city and rural district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also the city can be accessed here (Digital Archives) and the land district can be accessed here; as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875 census for Båtsfjord in Vardø rural district is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives)


 * 1891 census for Vardø for both the city and the countryside around it are available in searchable databases online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) and Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Vardø city and rural district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1900 census for Båtsfjord in Vardø rural district is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Vardø 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.