Flechtdorf Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Flechtdorf Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Jurisdictional Changes
Flechtdorf has belonged to the following independent countries or post-1871 German states:

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Flechtdorf.

Another essential online gazetteer to check is the Historic Gazetteer from Compgen. For more information, see the entry for Flechtdorf.

Church Records
Church records for Waldeck and Pyrmont are held at the Evangelical Church Archive of Kurhessen-Waldeck in Kassel, Germany. The following records have been digitized by the website Archion. Archion requires a subscription. You can learn how to use Archion by clicking here. There are no indexes to these records. More recent records may be restricted.

Flechtdorf
Church records begin in 1725.


 * 1725-1807 Church records 1725-1807 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1807-1831 Church records 1807-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1875 Baptisms and confirmations 1832-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1902 Baptisms and confirmations 1864-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1932 Baptisms 1903-1932 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1973 Confirmations 1903-1973 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1831 Marriages 1827-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1947 Marriages 1903-1947 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1948-2001 Marriages 1948-2001 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1863 Burials 1832-1863 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1863 Burials 1857-1863 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1902 Burials 1864-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1942 Burials 1903-1942 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1943-2002 Burials 1943-2002 at Archion - images ($)

Schweinsbühl
Church records begin in 1646. Prior to 1797, Schweinsbühl was its own parish.


 * 1646-1682 Church records 1646-1682 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1753-1831 Church records 1753-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms and confirmations 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1831 Marriages 1827-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1901 Marriages 1832-1901 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1966 Marriages 1903-1966 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2002 Burials 1903-2002 at Archion - images ($)
 * from 1862 Family book from 1862 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Flechtdorf began in January 1876.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies.

Pyrmont
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library Lower Saxony State and University Library in Göttingen Hanover State Church Archives Lower Saxony Society of Family History Lower Saxony State Archive Paderborn Archdiocese Archive

Waldeck
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Hessian State Archives Paderborn Archdiocese Archive Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck Waldeck Bibliography