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.

History
Århus County is a former county of Denmark 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 Central Jutland. A very small portion was merged into Region North Jutland. At the time of its abolishment, more than 20,000 people worked for the county.

Archives, Societies, and Libraries
Many records from places in Århus County are held by the Danish State Archives in Viborg. Records are also available from the State Archives' website ArkivalierOnline.

Census

 * 1834 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1835 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1840 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1845 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1850 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1855 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1860 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1870 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1885 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1890 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1896 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1906 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1911 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1916 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1918 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1925 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1936 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

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
Click here for a color-blind friendly version of this map.

Map of parishes

Church

 * 1484-1941 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Military

 * 1789-1792 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Probate

 * 1674-1851 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Court
This table lists records available from one or more districts (herred) in the county. The description in the Record column is from the FamilySearch Library Catalog note, and may not always be the same as the description given by the National Archives of Denmark.

These films have been digitized by FamilySearch, and many are available through the National Archive's ArkivalierOnline site. Links in the DGS columns will open a new window where you can see the images on FamilySearch. Links in the ArkivalierOnline column will open a new window where you can view the images. The link in the Daisy column will open a new window where you can see the National Archives's holdings for the court.