Sachsenhausen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Sachsenhausen 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 Sachsenhausen.

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

Locations within Sachsenhausen
Selbach

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.

Sachsenhausen

 * 1868-1871 Church records 1868-1871 at Archion - images, ($)

Sachsenhausen
Church records begin in 1658. Church records through 1872 also include Oberwerba.


 * 1658-1681 Church records 1658-1681 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1682-1703 Church records 1682-1703 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1704-1720 Church records 1704-1720 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1721-1762 Church records 1721-1762 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1763-1806 Church records 1763-1806 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1806-1815 Church records 1806-1815 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1813-1822 Church records 1813-1822 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1823-1872 Church records 1823-1872 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1872-1902 Baptisms 1872-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1927 Baptisms 1903-1927 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1941 Confirmations 1903-1941 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1885 Marriages 1832-1885 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1886-1902 Marriages 1886-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1947 Marriages 1903-1947 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1948-1972 Marriages 1948-1972 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1875 Burials 1832-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1902 Burials 1876-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1961 Burials 1903-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1962-2002 Burials 1962-2002 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1900-2000 Family book 1900-2000 at Archion - images, ($)

Alraft

 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1975 Confirmations 1903-1975 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1983 Marriages 1903-1983 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1975 Burials 1903-1975 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1900-2000 Family book 1900-2000 at Archion - images, ($)

Nieder-Werbe
See Hemfurth records in the parish of Bringhausen for records prior to 1692.


 * 1692-1800 Church records 1692-1800 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1795-1882 Baptisms 1795-1882 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1902 Baptisms 1831-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1877 Confirmations, marriages, and burials 1801-1877 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1902 Marriages 1831-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1902 Burials 1831-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of baptisms 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of marriages 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for Waldeck and Pyrmont are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.

Sachsenhausen

 * 1787-1858 Births, marriages and deaths 1787-1858 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1875 Births 1859-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1863-1875 Marriages 1863-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1891 Deaths 1859-1891 at LAGIS - images

Netze

 * 1861-1875 Births 1861-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1861-1875 Marriages 1861-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1861-1875 Deaths 1861-1875 at LAGIS - images

Nieder-Werbe

 * 1859-1871 Births 1859-1871 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1871 Marriages 1859-1871 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1871 Deaths 1859-1871 at LAGIS - images

Waldeck

 * 1859-1875 Marriages 1859-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1813-1913 Cemetery index 1813-1913 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Sachsenhausen 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