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Iceland Research Topics

Beginning Research
Research Strategies Record Finder Finding Town of Origin
Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Dwellings Emigration & Immigration Genealogies	Jewish Records Heraldry Land & Property Newspapers Online Records Periodicals Population Probate Records Religious Records Sagas
Iceland Background
Biography Gazetteers Geography Handwriting Historical Geography History	Icelandic Genealogical Word List Languages Maps Personal Names For Further Reading
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies Family History Centers
Moderator
The FamilySearch moderator for Iceland is Baird

Guide to Iceland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Country Information

Iceland was settled by Vikings in 874. Governed by Denmark since 1381, it was acknowledged as a sovereign state under the Danish king in 1918. It gained full independence as a republic in 1944.^[1]

Check this site for a short overview of the country.

Getting Started

Getting Started with Iceland Research

Links to articles on getting started with Iceland research.

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Iceland Research Tools

Links to articles and websites that assist in United States research.

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Iceland Clickable Map

Genealogy records are kept on the state level in Iceland. Click on a state below to go to the state Wiki article listing more information.

States

Genealogy records are kept on the state level in the United States. Click on a state below to go to the state Wiki article listing more information.

Territories and Federal District

There are five territories and one federal district under the jurisdiction of the United States.

Guam Genealogy

Northern Mariana Islands Genealogy

Puerto Rico Genealogy

Virgin Islands

Former Territories

There are six former territories of the United States.

Micronesia

Palau Genealogy

Panama Canal Zone

Philippines Genealogy

More Iceland Research Strategies

Research strategies give guidance on how to research or what records to search for first. Below are additional research strategy Wiki articles for Iceland.

Introduction to Icelandic Search Strategies

More Iceland Research Tools

Research tools can include resources that assist in locating correct records to search and determining the correct locality to search in. Below are links and Wiki articles to research tools in Iceland.

County List
District List
Given Names List
Iceland Personal Names
Parish List
Dictionary
Gazetteers
Iceland Handwriting
Census Headings
Maps
Record Selection Table
Timeline
Websites
Word List

FamilySearch Resources

Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.

Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
- Scandinavian Research
- Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records.
Historical Records
Family History Center locator map

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Iceland Glaumbaer

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Featured Content

Thanks to Hálfdan Helgason, 1816 Iceland census has searchable PDF files with headers in English.

Also see the Iceland GenWeb at Íslenski Ættfræðivefurinn.

Useful Websites

References

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Iceland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1988-1997.

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[profile-1] The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Iceland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1988-1997.

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