Talvik Parish, Finnmark, Norway Genealogy

Guide to Talvik, 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 Talvik prestegjeld (clerical distirict). Contains parish registers for Talvik parish with Komagfjord, Langfjord and Leirbotn chapels. Includes the combined Alta-Talvik clerical district up to 1862, when it was divided into two districts - Alta and Talvik clerical districts. Records after 1862 for Alta clerical district must be searched in Alta clerical district. Records available from 1705-1905.

Digitized images of parish registers available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).

Census Records

 * 1801: The 1801 census for Talvik clerical district include the parishes of Talvik, Alta, and Kåfjord is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1865: The 1865 census for Talvik clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1875: The 1875 census for Talvik 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.


 * 1891: The 1891 census for Talvik is available in a searchable database online at Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives).


 * 1900: The 1900 census for Talvik clerical district is available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Also available in a searchable database online at the Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) as well as at the Norwegian Historical Data Centre.


 * 1910: The 1910 census for Talvik is available in a searchable database 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.

1839-1891: Records are found in Alta judicial district.