Kjelvik Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Kjelvik, Norway ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records

 * Microfilm of parish register available at the for Kjelvik prestegjeld (clerical district).  Contains parish registers for Kjelvik parish with Honningsvåg and a few years for Kistrand. Kjelvik was under Kautokeino clerical district 1813-1851 and under Måsøy clerical district from 1861. Kjelvik clerical district was an annex to Kistrand before 1861. Kjelvik clerical district as we know it today was established in 1911; however it was also called Kjelvik in 1691 and the Lapplanders in the Laksefjord district were then under the jurisdiction of Kjelvik clerical district. The surrounding clerical districts must also be consulted when doing research in this area.  Records from 1764-1930.


 * See also Kautokeino and Kistrand


 * Digitized parish registers online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records

 * 1801, 1845, and 1855  see Kistrand


 * Folketellinga 1865 for Nordkapp (Kjelvik) (Finnmark). This is an extraction of the 1865 census of Nordkapp (Kjelvik), 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. Available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * 1865: The 1865 census of Nordkapp (Kjelvik) is available on microfilm at the Family History Library, and include Kjelvik and Måsøy. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at theNorwegian Historical Data Centre.
 * 1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Kjelvik and Måsøy is avilable 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 extraction of the 1875 census for Nordkapp (Kjelvik), Finnmark, Norway exists. It includes alphabetical lists of the given names, surnames, farm names, and birth places listed in this census. It also includes an extract of the entries in the order that they appear in the original census. It is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


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


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Kjelvik 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.


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Kjelvik (Nordkapp) is availabe 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.

1841-1873: Records are found in Hammerfest judicial district.