Bornholm County, Denmark Genealogy

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

How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Information
Instructions for finding records are found on the individual parish pages, linked to the clickable map and parish list below. .

History
(Type history of the county here)

Districts

 * Nørre Herred
 * Sønder Herred
 * Vester Herred
 * Øster Herred

Church Records
Bornholm church records index before 1814
 * 1484-1941 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Estates

 * Bornholms Amtstuedistrikts gods

Census Records

 * 1860 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1870 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1880 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1890 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1901 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1906 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1916 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1921 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probates

 * 1674 - 1851 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1845 - Bornholmske Skifter føre 1845

Archives, Societies, and Libraries
(enter archive, society, library contact information)