Århus County, Denmark Genealogy

Guide to Århus 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
Aarhus County or Århus County (Danish: Århus Amt) is a former county of Denmark (Danish: amt) on the Jutland peninsula. It was '''created in 1970 by the fusion of the Aarhus, Randers and Skanderborg counties. The county was abolished effective 1 January 2007''', when almost all of it merged into Region Midtjylland (i.e. Region Central Jutland). A very small portion was merged into Region Nordjylland (Region North Jutland). At the time of its abolishment, more than 20,000 people worked for the county.

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

Census Records

 * 1916 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Parishes
Map of parishes: www.dis-danmark.dk/kort/kortaarh.htm

Probate Records

 * 1674 - 1851 - at FamilySearch — index and images