Ribe County, Denmark Genealogy

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

History
Established in the first decade of the eighth century and first attested in a document dated 854; Ribe is the oldest extant town in Denmark and in Scandinavia. The town celebrated its 1300th anniversary in 2010. 

Archives, Societies, and Libraries
Many records from places in Ribe 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
 * 1890 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
 * 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

Districts

 * Anst Herred
 * Gørding Herred
 * Malt Herred
 * Ribe Herred
 * Skast Herred
 * Slavs Herred
 * Vester Horne Herred
 * Øster Horne 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
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The map below is based on 1880 county/parish boundaries.

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 several offices 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.