Præstø County, Denmark Genealogy

Guide to Præstø 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
(enter archive, society, library contact information)

Census Records

 * 1916 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Districts

 * Bjæverskov Herred
 * Bårse Herred
 * Fakse Herred
 * Hammer Herred
 * Mønbo Herred
 * Stevns Herred
 * Tybjerg Herred

Parishes
Map of parishes

Probate Records

 * 1674 - 1851 - at FamilySearch — index and images