Wellen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Wellen 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
Wellen 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 Wellen.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1657.


 * 1657-1736 Church records 1657-1736 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1736-1789 Church records 1736-1789 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1821-1902 Church records 1821-1902 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1789-1817 Baptisms 1789-1817 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1789-1821 Baptisms 1789-1821 at Archion – images, ($); handwritten copy
 * 1800-1821 Baptisms 1800-1821 at Archion – images, ($); includes Züschen
 * 1832-1886 Baptisms 1832-1886 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1886-1924 Baptisms 1886-1924 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-1980 Baptisms 1903-1980 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-1980 Confirmations 1903-1980 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1826-1842 Marriages 1826-1842 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-1980 Marriages 1903-1980 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-1980 Burials 1903-1980 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1981-2001 Burials 1981-2001 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wellen 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