Kistrand Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Kistrand, 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 Kistrand prestegjeld (clerical district). Contains parish registers for Kistrand and Kjelvik parishes with Lakselv and Børselv chapels. The parishes, were separated from the combined Kistrand-Kautokeino clerical district in 1851. For earlier records see Kautokeino clerial district. The Kistran parish priest was also responsible for the Lapplanders around the Porsanger fjord, and some of the Karasjok records might be found in this clerical disrict up to 1873.

Digitized images of parish registers online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives). Kistrand: Kistrand: 1764-1918 Kistrand/Karasjok (Afjuvarre): 1805-1871 Kistrand/Kautokeino: 1805-1861 Kistrand/Kistrand (Porsanger): 1764-1918 Kistrand/Kjelvik: 1764-1860

Census Records

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


 * 1845 og 1855 folketelling for Kjelvik, Kautokeino og Karasjok i Kistrand prestegjeld (Finnmark). The 1845 and 1855 census for Kistrand, Karasjok, Kautokeino, and Kjelvik is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.


 * Folketellinga 1865 for Kistrand (Finnmark). This is an extraction to the 1865 census for Kirstrand and inclu a "First Name" and "Surname" index and is available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Folketælling 31 December 1865. The 1865 census for Kistrand is available on microfilm a the Family History Library.  Available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at theNorwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * Folketellinga 1875 for Kistrand (Finnmark). This is an extraction of the 1875 census for Kistrand and include a "First name" and " Last name" index.  It is available on microfiche at theFamily History Library.


 * Folketælling for kongeriget Norge den 31te December 1875. The 1875 census for Kistrand is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at theNorwegian Historical Data Centre.


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


 * Folketellingen for Norge 3 December 1900. The 1900 census for Kistrand is available on microfilm at the Family History Library.  Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives); as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Center.


 * Folketellingen for Norgen den 1ste desember 1910. The 1910 census for Kistrand 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.

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