København County, Denmark Genealogy

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

History
Copenhagen County is a former county on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It covered the municipalities in the metropolitan Copenhagen area, with the exception of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Effective January 1, 2007, the county was abolished and merged into Region Hovedstaden, Copenhagen Capital Region.

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
 * 1921 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Districts

 * Smørum Herred
 * Sokkelund Herred

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. .

Parishes
Map of parishes: København(Copenhagen) county and Roskilde county

Church Records

 * 1484-1941 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records

 * 1674-1851 - at FamilySearch — index and images