Alt Wildungen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Alt Wildungen 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 Alt Wildungen.

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

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.

Alt Wildungen
The Alt Wildungen parish was established in 1372. Church records begin in 1735.


 * 1735-1785 Church records 1735-1785 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1785-1808 Church records 1785-1808 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1808-1831 Church records 1808-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1888 Baptisms 1832-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-1940 Baptisms 1889-1940 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1888 Confirmations, marriages, burials 1832-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-1950 Confirmations, marriages, burials 1889-1950 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1827-1900 Marriages 1827-1900 at Archion - images, ($)

Reitzenhagen

 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1963 Church records 1903-1963 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Alt Wildungen 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