Schmillinghausen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Schmillinghausen 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 Schmillinghausen.

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

Church Records
Church records for Waldeck and Pyrmontu 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.

Schmillinghausen
Church records begin in 1692.


 * 1692-1778 Church records 1692-1778 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1751-1801 Church records 1751-1801 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1829 Church records 1801-1829 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1839 Church records 1822-1839 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1872 Baptisms 1832-1872 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1873-1902 Baptisms 1873-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1939 Baptisms 1903-1939 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1946 Confirmations 1903-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1938 Marriages 1903-1938 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1954 Marriages 1903-1954 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1891 Burials 1832-1891 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1892-1902 Burials 1892-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1962 Burials 1903-1962 at Archion - images, ($)

Herbsen

 * 1832-1866 Baptisms 1832-1866 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1867-1902 Baptisms 1867-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1949 Baptisms 1903-1949 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1875 Marriages 1832-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1902 Marriages 1876-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1938 Marriages 1903-1938 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1883 Burials 1832-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1902 Burials 1884-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Hörle

 * 1832-1882 Baptisms 1832-1882 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1883-1902 Baptisms 1883-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1950 Baptisms 1903-1950 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1888 Marriages 1832-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-1902 Marriages 1889-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1951 Marriages 1903-1951 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1889 Burials 1832-1889 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1890-1902 Burials 1890-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

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.


 * 1859-1866 Births, marriages and deaths 1859-1866 at LAGIS - images; includes Herbsen, Dehausen, Wrexen, Schmillinghausen, Helsen, Külte, Mengeringhausen, Rhoden, Landau, Arolsen, Vasbeck, Helmighausen

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Schmillinghausen 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