Gembeck Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Gembeck 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 Gembeck.

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

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 1690.


 * 1690-1805 Church records 1690-1805 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1778-1875 Church records 1778-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1870 Baptisms 1832-1870 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1871-1902 Baptisms 1871-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1932 Baptisms 1903-1932 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1800-1825 Baptisms and communicants 1800-1825 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1891 Marriages 1832-1891 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1892-1902 Marriages 1892-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1935 Marriages 1903-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1866 Burials 1832-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1902 Burials 1867-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1967 Burials 1903-1967 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1921 Family book 1862-1921 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of church records 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Gembeck 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