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 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.
 * 1918 - at FamilySearch - index and images.
 * 1921 - at FamilySearch - index and images.
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch - index and images.
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch - index and images.
 * 1936 - at FamilySearch — index and 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
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