Faroe Islands Land and Property

Land and Property Records [Jordebøkur, Festibøkur, Pantibøkur]
These records identify property ownership, tenure, mortgages, and transfers of property. It is not uncommon to be able to identify and link multiple generations using these records. If the property was a copyhold farm, the land records of the manor can, in many cases, yield information about the tenants as far back as the early 1700s. The earliest records begin in 1684.

These records may contain the following information:

Property records (Jordebøkur) • 2

Copyholder records (Festibøkur) • 2 Copyhold records can be accessed online at the Faroese National Archives's site Festiprotokollir

Mortgage records (Pantibøkur) • 2

Records are held by the Faeroe Islands National Archives [Føroya Landsskjalasavn] in Tórshavn.