Meineringhausen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Meineringhausen 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 Meineringhausen.

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

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.

Meineringhausen
Church records begin in 1708.


 * 1708-1780 Church records 1708-1780 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1766-1822 Church records 1766-1822 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1823-1875 Church records 1823-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1874 Baptisms 1832-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1875-1902 Baptisms 1875-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1935 Baptisms 1903-1935 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1978 Confirmations 1903-1978 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1827-1849 Marriages 1827-1849 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1947 Marriages 1903-1947 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1947-1969 Marriages 1947-1969 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1888 Burials 1832-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-1902 Burials 1889-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1908 Burials 1903-1908 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1969 Burials 1903-1969 at Archion - images, ($)

Strothe
Church records begin in 1705.


 * 1705-1796 Church records 1705-1796 at Archion - images, ($); also see Meineringhausen (above) for additional church records from 1708-1730
 * 1787-1831 Church records 1787-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)at
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1949 Baptisms 1903-1949 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1960 Confirmations 1903-1960 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1828-1874 Marriages 1828-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1955 Marriages 1903-1955 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1907 Burials 1903-1907 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-2002 Burials 1903-2002 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Meineringhausen 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 Bibliogrpahy