Vadsø Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Vadsø, 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 Vadsø (Nord-Varanger) parish. Included parishes Nesseby until 1846 and Sør-Varanger until 1863. Records available for the years 1764-1901.

Digitized images of parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). Vadsø: 1747-1930 Vadsø/Nesseby: 1821-1861 Vadsø/Sør-Varanger: 1861-1867 Vadsø/Vadsø bysockn: 1843-1930 Vadsø/Vadsø: 1764-1839 Vadsø/Vardø: 1747-1861

Census Records

 * Folketelling for Norge, 1 February 1801. The 1801 census for Vadsø clerical district include Vadsø, Nesseby, and Sør-Varanger; and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1855 folketelling for Vadsø landsogn i Vadsø prestegjeld (Finnmark). The 1855 census for Vadsø include Vadsø andSør-Varanger; and is available on micofilm at the Family History Library.  Contain mainly statictical information.


 * Folketelling 1865 for Vadsø (Finnmark). This is an extraction of the 1865 census for Vadsø (Finnmark) It includes alphabetical lists of the 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.  Available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


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


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. 1865 census for Vadsø city (another filming) is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * 1865 census for Nordvaranger parish in Vadsø is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * Folketælling for Norge, 31 December 1875. The 1875 census for Vadsø city 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.


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


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 December 1900. The 1900 census for Vadsø clerical district 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.


 * 1900 census for Nord Varanger in Vadsø is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


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