Viborg County, Denmark Genealogy

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Viborg County

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

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History

Viborg County is a former Danish county in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Central Jutland. A smaller portion merged into Region North Jutland.

Archives, Societies, and Libraries

Many records from places in Viborg County are held by the Danish State Archives in Viborg. Records are also available from the State Archives' website ArkivalierOnline.

Census Records

• 1834 - Denmark Census, 1834 at FamilySearch - images
• 1835 - Denmark Census, 1835 at FamilySearch - index and images.
• 1840 - Denmark Census, 1840 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1845 - Denmark Census, 1845 at FamilySearch - index and images.
• 1850 - Denmark Census, 1850 at FamilySearch - index and images.
• 1855 - Denmark Census, 1855 at FamilySearch - index and images.
• 1860 - Denmark Census, 1860 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1870 - Denmark Census, 1870 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1880 - Denmark Census, 1880 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1890 - Denmark Census, 1890 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1901 - Denmark Census, 1901 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1906 - Denmark Census, 1906 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1911 - Denmark Census, 1911 at FamilySearch - index and images.
• 1916 - Denmark Census, 1916 at FamilySearch - index and images.
• 1921 - Denmark Census, 1921 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1925 - Denmark Census, 1925 at FamilySearch - index and images.
• 1930 - Denmark Census, 1930 at FamilySearch - index and images.

Districts

Fjends Herred Harre Herred Hids Herred Hindborg Herred

Houlbjerg Herred Lysgård Herred Middelsom Herred Nørlyng Herred

Nørre Herred Rinds Herred Rødding Herred Sønderlyng 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

Map of parishes

• Aidt
• Almind
• Asmild
• Balle
• Balling
• Bigum
• Bjerring
• Bjerringbro
• Brøndum
• Daugbjerg
• Dollerup
• Dommerby
• Durup
• Dølby
• Elsborg
• Engesvang
• Feldingbjerg
• Finderup
• Fiskbæk
• Fjelsø
• Fly
• Frederiks
• Funder
• Fur
• Gammelstrup
• Gedsted
• Gerning
• Glyngøre
• Granslev
• Grensten
• Grinderslev
• Grønbæk
• Grønning
• Gullev
• Gødvad
• Hammershøj
• Harre
• Haurum
• Helstrup
• Hem
• Hersom
• Hindborg
• Hinge
• Hjerk
• Hjermind
• Hjorthede
• Hornbæk
• Houlbjerg
• Hvam
• Hvidbjerg
• Hvilsom
• Hvorslev
• Høbjerg
• Højslev
• Hørup
• Håsum
• Jebjerg
• Junget
• Karup
• Klejtrup
• Kobberup
• Kragelund
• Krejbjerg
• Kvols
• Kvorning
• Langå
• Lee
• Lem
• Lemming
• Levring
• Lihme
• Lindum
• Lundø
• Lyby
• Lynderup
• Lysgård
• Læsten
• Løvel
• Låstrup
• Mammen
• Mønsted
• Nautrup
• Nørbæk
• Nørre (see Gråbrødre)
• Nørre Borris
• Nørre Vinge
• Oddense
• Otting
• Pederstrup
• Ramsing
• Ravnstrup
• Resen (Fjends herred)
• Resen (Hindborg herred)
• Romlund
• Roslev
• Roum
• Rybjerg
• Rødding (Nørlyng herred)
• Rødding (Rødding herred)
• Sahl
• Sall
• Sejling
• Selde
• Serup
• Simested
• Sinding
• Sjørslev
• Skals
• Skive City
• Skive landsogn
• Skjern
• Skjød
• Smollerup
• Sortebrødre (see Søndre)
• Svostrup
• Sæby
• Sønderbæk
• Sønder Rind
• Sønder Vinge
• Tapdrup
• Testrup
• Thise
• Thorsø
• Tjele
• Torning
• Torum
• Torup
• Tøndering
• Tånum
• Tårup
• Ulbjerg
• Vammen
• Vejby
• Vejerslev
• Vejrum
• Vellev
• Vester Bjerregrav
• Vester Bølle
• Vester Tostrup
• Vester Velling
• Viborg Domsognet
• Viborg Domsognet Garnison Regiment
• Viborg Gråbrødre landdistrikt
• Viborg Nørre
• Viborg Søndre
• Viborg Sortebrødre (see Søndre)
• Viborg Tugthuset
• Vile
• Vinderslev
• Vindum
• Vinkel
• Viskum
• Vium
• Volling
• Vorde
• Vorning
• Vridsted
• Vroue
• Ørslevkloster
• Ørum (Fjends herred)
• Ørum (Sønderlyng herred)
• Øster Bjerregrav
• Øster Bølle
• Øster Velling
• Ålum
• Åsted

Church Records

• 1484-1941 - Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 at FamilySearch — index and images

Military

• 1789-1792 - Denmark, Military Conscription Rolls, 1789-1792 at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records

• 1674-1851 - Denmark, Probate Indexes, 1674-1851 at FamilySearch — index and images

Court Records

This table lists records available from several district (herred) and (birk) courts 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. The link in the DGS column will open a new window where you can view the images on FamilySearch. The link in the ArkivalierOnline column will open a new window where you can view the images on the National Archives of Denmark's site. The link in the Daisy column will open a new window where you can see the National Archives' holdings for the court.

Addiitonal records can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog.

Parish / District	Birk	Record	Year	Film	DGS	ArkivalierOnline	Daisy
	Resen og Højslev	Politie- gæste- og ekstraretsprotokol	1794-1821	405505	8844191	Politie- gæste- og ekstraretsprotokol, 1794-1821	Holdings
Harre		Politiprotokol	1791-1822	405565	8844810	Politiprotokol, 1791-1822	Holdings
Rødding		Politiprotokol	1793-1822	405566	8844811	Politiprotokol, 1793-1822	Holdings
Hindborg		Politiprotokol	1793-1822	405567	8844812	Politiprotokol, 1793-1822	Holdings
Nørre		Politiprotokol	1792-1822	405568	8844813	Politiprotokol, 1792-1822	Holdings
Sallinglands		Politiprotokol	1822-1832	405569	8844814	Politiprotokol, 1822-1860	Holdings
		Politiprotokol	1832-1841	405570	8844815
		Politiprotokol	1841-1844	405571	8844816
		Politiprotokol	1844-1863	405572	8844817
		Politiprotokol	1846-1855	405573	8844818
		Politiprotokol	1846-1855	405574	8844819
		Politiprotokol	1855-1860	405575	8844820
		Politidomme	1798-1841	405576	8844821	Politidomme, 1798-1864
		Politidomme	1846-1864	405577	8844822
		Domskoncepter for herrederne og byen	1823-1830	405578	8844823	Domskoncepter for herrederne og byen, 1823-1830
		Sættedommer	1842-1845	405579	8844824
Sønderlyng og Middelsom		Sættedommer	1837-1838	405630	8845014	Sættedommer, 1837-1838	Holdings
		Politiprotokol	1791-1825	405630	8845014	Politiprotokol, 1791-1825
		Politi- og ekstraretsprotokol	1826-1832	405631	8845015	Politi- og ekstraretsprotokol, 1826-1862
		Politi- og ekstraretsprotokol	1832-1837	405632	8845016
		Politi- og ekstraretsprotokol	1837-1841	405633	8845017
		Politi- og ekstraretsprotokol	1841-1844	405634	8845018
		Politi- og ekstraretsprotokol	1844-1852	405635	8845019
		Politi- og ekstraretsprotokol	1852-1862	405636	8845020
		Politiprotokol nr. 2	1847-1863	405637	8845021	Politiprotokol nr. 2, 1847-1863
		Sagliste ti politi- og ekstraretsprotokol	1824-1867	405638	8845022
		Kommissionssag	1826-1829	405639	8845023
		Politidomme	1815-1824	405640	8845024
		Domprotokol	1824-1855	405641	8845025	Domprotokol, 1824-1865
		Domprotokol	1855-1865	405642	8845026
Lysgård, Hids og del af Houlbjerg		Ekstraretsprotokol	1810-1812	405369	8843865		Holdings
		Politiprotokol	1791-1818	405370	8843866	Politiprotokol, 1791-1857
		Politiprotokol	1818-1824	405371	8843867
		Politiprotokol	1824-1829	405372	8843868
		Politiprotokol	1829-1833	405373	8843869
		Politiprotokol	1833-1836	405374	8843870
		Politiprotokol	1836-1838	405375	8843871
		Politiprotokol	1838-1840	405376	8843872
		Politiprotokol	1840-1842	405377	8843873
		Politiprotokol	1842-1846	405378	8843874
		Politiprotokol	1846-1857	405383	8843879
		Politiprotokol	1847-1850	405379	8843875	Politiprotokol, 1847-1850
		Politiprotokol A	1850-1856	405380	8843876	Politiprotokol A, 1850-1864
		Politiprotokol A	1856-1861	405381	8843877
		Politiprotokol A	1861-1864	405382	8843878
		Politiprotokol B	1857-1863	405384	8843880	Politiprotokol B, 1857-1863
		Lister over politisager	1842-1858	405385	8843881	Lister over politisager, 1842-1858
		Politidomme	1804-1847	405386	8843882	Politidomme, 1804-1847
		Politidomme	1847-1860	405387	8843883
		Sættedommer	1817	405388	8843884
Fjends-Norlyng		Sagliste til politiprotokollen	1834-1865	405956	8854506	Sagliste til politiprotokollen, 1834-1865	Holdings
Fjends		Politiprotokol	1791-1819	405957	8854507	Politiprotokol, 1791-1819
Nørlyng		Politiprotokol	1792-1820	405958	8854509	Politiprotokol, 1792-1820
Fjends og Nørlyng		Politiprotokol	1820-1826	405959	8854511	Politiprotokol, 1820-1864
		Politiprotokol	1826-1831	405960	8854513
		Politiprotokol	1832-1836	405961	8854514
		Politiprotokol	1836-1839	405962	8854515
		Politiprotokol	1839-1842	405963	8854517
		Politiprotokol	1842-1845	405964	8854519
		Politiprotokol	1845-1848	405965	8854520
		Politiprotokol	1848-1854	405966	8854521
		Politiprotokol	1855-1861	405967	8854522
		Politiprotokol og ekstraretsprotokol	1855-1864	405968	8854523	Politiprotokol og ekstraretsprotokol, 1855-1864
	Frisenborg og Faurskov birker	Politiprotokol	1791-1825	405982	8854548	Politiprotokol, 1791-1851	Holdings
		Politiprotokol	1825-1830	405983	8854550
		Politiprotokol	1830-1833	405984	8854551
		Politiprotokol	1833-1836	405985	8854552
		Politiprotokol	1836-1838	405986	8854554
		Politiprotokol	1838-1841	405987	8854556
		Politiprotokol	1841-1843	405988	8854558
		Politiprotokol	1843-1845	405989	8854989
		Politiprotokol	1845-1850	405990	8854990
		Politiprotokol	1850-1854	405991	8854991
		Politiprotokol	1854-1859	405992	8854992
		Politiprotokol	1859-1862	405993	8854993
		Politiprotokol	1832-1851	405994	8854994
		Sættedommerprotokol	1820-1821, 1849, 1858	405995	8854995	Sættedommerprotokol, 1820-1821, 1849, 1858
		Politiprotokol	1846-1877	405996	8854996

Estates

• Alhedens kolonier
• Allinggård gods
• Asmild kloster gods
• Astrup gods
• Avnsbjerg gods
• Bådsgård gods
• Bidstrup gods
• Bustrup gods
• Eskær gods
• Fastruplund gods
• Frisholt gods
• Furland gods
• Fussingø gods
• Grauballegård gods
• Grinderslevkloster gods
• Hagsholm gods
• Hald gods
• Haven gods
• Hegnet gods
• Hellerupgård gods
• Hemmæstrup gods
• Hersomgård gods
• Hessel gods
• Holmgård gods
• Hostrup gods
• Jungetgård gods
• Karmark gods
• Kås gods
• Keldgård gods
• Kjærgårdsholm gods
• Korsøgård gods
• Krabbesholm gods
• Kærgårdsholm gods
• Kærsholm gods
• Lerkenfeldt gods
• Lynderupgård gods
• Mads Rahbeks gods i Hjoptarp Nørgård
• Marsvinlund gods
• Niels Foersoms gods i Nørbæk
• Nørgård gods
• Ormstrup gods
• Palstrup gods
• Randrup gods
• Restrup gods
• Roslev præstegods
• Sejlgård gods
• Skavngård gods
• Skern gods
• Skivehus gods
• Spøttrup gods
• Stårupgård gods
• Søbymølle gods
• Sødal gods
• Søren Testrups gods
• Tårupgård godsTjele gods
• Ulstrup gods
• Vester Kejlstrup gods
• Vester Velling præstegods
• Vesterris gods
• Viborg bispegods
• Viborg hospital gods
• Viborg konrektorats gods
• Viborg stiftprovstis gods
• Vinderslevgård gods
• Vindumovergård gods
• Viskumgård gods
• Ørslevkloster gods
• Østergård gods