Maribo County, Denmark Genealogy

Guide to Maribo 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
(Type history of the county here)

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

Census Records

 * 1834 - at FamilySearch - images
 * 1835 - at FamilySearch - index and images.
 * 1840 - at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1845 - at FamilySearch - index and images.
 * 1850 - at FamilySearch - index and images.
 * 1855 - at FamilySearch - index and images.
 * 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
 * 1911 - 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

 * Falsters Nørre Herred
 * Falsters Sønder Herred
 * Fuglse Herred
 * Lollands Nørre Herred
 * Lollands Sønder Herred
 * Musse Herred

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

Map of Parishes

Church Records

 * 1484-1941 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Military

 * 1789-1792 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records

 * 1674-1851 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court Records
This table lists records available from one or more courts (birk) in the county. The description in the Protokol 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. At present these films have not been digitized by FamilySearch, but many are available through the National Archive's ArkivalierOnline site. Links in the Rigsarkivet 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.


 * Ålholm birk also known as Ålholm, Bremersvold og Kærstrup Birk, 1725-1734; Christiansholms Birk, 1734-1856; Nysted Birk, 1856-1919
 * Guldborgland birk also known as Berritsgård birk, 1721-1784; Baroniet Guldborglands Birk, 1784-1861
 * Vintersborg birk also known as Vintersborg og Sæbeyholm birker, 1743-1824

Estates
For more information about the estates of historic Maribo county, see Opslag - Godser på Lolland-Falster - in Danish.