Sør Varanger Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Europe Norway Finnmark County Sør Varanger

Guide to Sør Varanger, 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 Sør-Varanger prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish reigsters for Sør-Varanger with Oscar II, Neiden and Svanvik chapel. Was separated from Vadsø clerical district in 1863. For earlier records see Vadsø clerical district. Include records from 1863-1912.

Digitized images of parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). Sør-Varanger: 1862-1872 (Minesterialbok), 1863-1872 (Klokkerbok), 1873-1877 (Minesterialbok), 1873-1877 (Klokkerbok), 1878-1891 (Minesterialbok) 1878-1891 (Klokkerbok), 1891-1912 (Klokkerbok), 1915-1925 (Fødselsregister).

Sør-Varanger/Sør-Varanger: 1891-1908 (Ministerialbok), 1909-1919 (Ministerialbok), 1919-1927 (Ministerialbok),

1929-1938 (Ministerialbok)

Census Records
1801 and 1855 census see Vadsø


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865.  The 1865 census for Sør-Varanger 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.
 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Sør-Varanger clerical district is avaialble on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkviet(Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketælling for Norge, 3 Dec 1900.  The 1900 census for Sør-Varanger 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.


 * Folketellingen for Norge den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Sør-Varanger is available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.

Farm Books
Sør-Varanger slekter Stmnt.Resp. Erik Schytte Blix Authors Blix, Erik Schytte, 1921-1983 (Main Author) Norsk folkemuseum (Added Author)

948.453/S1 D2b FHL INTL Book Available

A genealogy of 52 family names, especially Lapp nomads in Sør- Varanger

Genealogy
'''Blix, Erik Schytte; Norsk folkemuseum: Sør Varanger slekter. '''A genealogy of 52 family names, especially Lapp nomads in Sør- Varanger

FHL 948.453?S1 D2

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

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

Historical Society
Sør Varanger Historielag