Hammerfest Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Norway &gt; Finnmark County &gt; Hammerfest

Church Records
Microfilm of parish registers available at the for Hammerfest prestegjeld (clerical district). Hammerfest became a city around 1870. Contains parish registers from the parishes Hammerfest and Kvalsund. United with Måsøy from 1813 to 1856. The years in book 3 are out of sequence. Records available for the years 1743-1918.

See also Måsøy

Digitized images of parish registers avaiable at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). Hammerfest: 1743-1751 (Ministerialbok) ,

Hammerfest: 1751-1821 (Ministerialbok), Hammerfest:  1752-1768 (Diverse), Hammerfest:  1800-1801 (Sjeleregister),

Hammerfest: 1821-1842 (Ministerialbok), Hammerfest:  1843-1856 (Ministerialbok),

Hammerfest: 1851-1861 (Klokkerbok), Hammerfest:  1857-1869 (Ministerialbok),

Hammerfest: 1869-1872 (Lysningsprotokoll), Hammerfest:  1891-1893 (Lysningsprotokoll),

Hammerfest: 1893-1896 (Lysningsprotokoll), Hammerfest:  1896-1899 (Lysningsprotokoll),

Hammerfest: 1899-1912 (Lysningprotokoll), Hammerfest:  1912-1918 (Lysningsprotokoll),

Hammerfest: 1921-1939 (Lysningprotokoll).

Hammerfest/Bysoknet: 1862-1868, 1869-1877, 1876-1884, 1878-1889, 1889-1897, 1898-1905, 1906-1916.

Hammerfest/Hammerfest, Måsøy: 1822-1850. Hammerfest/Kvalsund:  1885-1897, 1898-1908.

Hammerfest/Landsoknet: 1863-1868 (Klokkerbok), 1869-1884, 1869-1884 (Klokkerbok), 1885-1897, 1898-1917

Census Records

 * Folketelling 1 Feb 1801, Norge. The 1801 census for Hammerfest include Hammerfest and Kvalsund and is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

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

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