Ringkøbing County, Denmark Genealogy

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Ringkøbing County

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

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History

Archeological finds suggest that the town was founded in the 13th century. At that time it was the only real harbour town along the Danish west coast, being sheltered from the North Sea by the wall of Holmsland Dunes.
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Archives, Societies, and Libraries

Many records from places in Ringkøbing 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

• Bølling Herred
• Ginding Herred
• Hammerum Herred
• Hind Herred
• Hjerm Herred
• Nørre Horne Herred
• Skodborg Herred
• Ulfborg Herred
• Vandfuld 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

• Arnborg
• Asp
• Assing
• Avlum
• Borbjerg
• Bording
• Brejning
• Bur
• Bølling
• Bøvling
• Dejbjerg
• Dybe
• Egvad
• Ejsing
• Engbjerg
• Estvad
• Fabjerg
• Faster
• Ferring
• Fjaltring
• Flynder
• Fovsing
• Gammelsogn
• Gimsing
• Gjellerup
• Grove
• Gudum
• Gørding
• Haderup
• Handbjerg
• Hanning
• Harboøre
• Havnstrup (for boundaries, see Snejbjerg)
• Hee
• Heldum
• Hemmet
• Herborg (for boundaries, see Vorgod)
• Herning City
• Hjerm
• Hodsager
• Holmsland Klit
• Holstebro City
• Hove
• Hoven
• Hover
• Humlum
• Husby
• Hygum
• Idum
• Ikast
• Lem
• Lemvig City
• Lomborg
• Lyne
• Lønborg
• Madum
• Mejrup
• Måbjerg
• Møborg
• Navr
• Nees
• No
• Nysogn
• Nørlem
• Nørre Bork
• Nørre Felding
• Nørre Nissum
• Nørre Omme
• Nørre Vium
• Nøvling
• Oddum
• Ramme
• Resen
• Rind
• Rindum
• Ringkøbing City
• Rom
• Ryde
• Råsted
• Rønbjerg
• Sahl
• Sevel
• Simmelkær
• Sinding
• Sir
• Skarrild
• Skjern City
• Snejbjerg
• Staby
• Stadil
• Stavning
• Strellev
• Struer City
• Studsgård (for boundaries, see Snejbjerg)
• Sunds
• Sædding
• Sønder Bork
• Sønder Borris
• Sønder Felding
• Sønder Lem
• Sønder Nissum
• Sønder Vium
• Thyborøn (for boundaries, see Harboøre)
• Tim
• Timring
• Tjørring
• Torsted
• Trans
• Tvis
• Tørring
• Ulfborg
• Vandborg
• Vedersø
• Vejrum
• Velling
• Vemb
• Venø
• Videbæk (for boundaries, see Vorgod)
• Vildbjerg
• Vind
• Vinding
• Vorgod
• Ådum
• Ølby
• Ølstrup
• Ørre

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

Estates

• Ausumgård
• Avsumgård
• Borbjerg præstegods
• Breininggård
• Estvad-Rønbjerg præstegods
• Estvadgård
• Estvadgård Kloster Regimentsskriver
• Gammelgård
• Gudumkloster
• Handbjerg hovedgård
• Herningsholm
• Herpinggård
• Holmgård
• Kabbel
• Krogsdal
• Kvistrup
• Landting
• Lars Rindums gods i Sønderby, Holmsland Klit
• Lemvig-Nørlem præstegods
• Lergrav
• Lindtorp
• Lundenæs
• Lønborggård
• Møltrup
• Naur-Sir præstegods
• Niels Hvids gods
• Nørre Vosborg
• Pallisbjerg
• Rammegård
• Ryberg
• Ryhave
• Ryssensten
• Sindinggård
• Slumstrup
• Stenumgård
• Strandbjerggård
• Stubbergård
• Søgård
• Sønder Vosborg
• Søndervang
• Timgård
• Tipperne
• Tvis kloster
• Udstrup
• Ulsund
• Vennergård
• Viborg Søndre sogn præstegods
• Voldbjerg
• Volstrup
• Ølby-Asp-Fausing præstegods
• Ørnhoved
• Ørre-Hodsager præstegods
• Åberg