Roskilde County, Denmark Genealogy

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

History
Roskilde County is a former county on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. As part of the 1793 county reform it was created from the existing Roskilde amt. In 1808 it was annexed to Copenhagen County, and then separated out in 1842. In 1970 the county was recreated by the Communal Reform Act. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Zealand. Historically, it consisted of the Voldborg, Sømme, Ramsø, and Tune Herreds.

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

Burial Records

 * DATE RANGE at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1805-1968 - at FamilySearch — index

Census Records

 * 1771 Oeders Efterretninger 1771 at ddd.dda.dk - data of of married couples, widowers and widows for Zealand, Amager, Møn and Bornholm
 * 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

 * Ramsø Herred
 * Sømme Herred
 * Tune Herred
 * Voldborg Herred



Parishes
Map of parishes

Church Records

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

Civil Marriages

 * DATE RANGE at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1877-1964 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Military

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

Probate Records

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