Iceland Civil Registration

Civil Registration in Church Records
In Iceland church books fill the function of civil registration. There was no form of separate civil registration until 1953.

Registry Office
REGISTERS ICELAND Kt. 650376-0649 Borgartún 21 105 Reykjavík, Iceland Tel. +354 515 5300 Email: skra@skra.is Website

Finding Records Through the Parish List
Iceland Parish List: If you know the name of the parish where your ancestors lived, consult this alphabetical clickable parish list to find genealogy links and helps for that parish.

Finding Records Through Counties (singular:sýsla; plural:sýslur)
If you know the county and parish where your ancestors lived, you can also reach the parish genealogy links and helps via the county pages. These county pages will also help identify close-by parishes in the event that you ancestors moved.