Odense County, Denmark Genealogy

Guide to Odense 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
Odense County (Danish: Odense Amt) is a former province in Denmark, located on the northern half of the island of Funen in central Denmark. Odense County was established in 1806[1] and abolished in 1970 when it merged with Svendborg County forming the new Funen County.

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

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
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Parishes
Map of parishes

Probate Records

 * 1674 - 1851 - at FamilySearch — index and images