Landau Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Landau 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 Landau.

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

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.

Landau
Church records begin in 1640.


 * 1640-1728 Church records 1640-1728 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1728-1775 Church records 1728-1775 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1746-1807 Church records 1746-1807 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1776-1808 Church records 1776-1808 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1809-1832 Church records 1809-1832 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1841 Church records 1832-1841 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1869 Church records 1832-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1842-1856 Church records 1842-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Church records 1857-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1875 Church records 1867-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1870-1902 Church records 1870-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1931 Baptisms 1903-1931 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1898 Confirmations 1832-1898 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1917 Confirmations 1903-1917 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1918-1978 Confirmations 1918-1978 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1826-1859 Marriages 1826-1859 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1955 Marriages 1903-1955 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1975 Burials 1903-1975 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1976-2012 Burials 1976-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1896 Family book 1862-1896 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1809-1821 Index of church records 1809-1821 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of church records 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)

Bühle

 * 1832-1841 Church records 1832-1841 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1842-1856 Church records 1842-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Church records 1857-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1875 Church records 1867-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1973 Baptisms 1903-1973 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2003 Confirmations 1903-2003 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2003 Marriages 1903-2003 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2003 Burials 1903-2003 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1924 Family book 1862-1924 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of church records 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)

Lütersheim
Church records begin in 1746. Check parish records from both Landau (above) and the parish of Külte for records prior to 1808.


 * 1808-1831 Church records 1808-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1841 Church records 1832-1841 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1862 Church records 1832-1862 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1842-1856 Church records 1842-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Church records 1857-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1863-1902 Church records 1863-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1875 Church records 1867-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1953 Baptisms 1903-1953 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1952 Confirmations 1903-1952 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1856-1875 Marriages 1856-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1955 Marriages 1903-1955 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1986 Burials 1903-1986 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1924 Family book 1862-1924 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of church records 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)

Volkhardinghausen

 * 1832-1841 Church records 1832-1841 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1842-1856 Church records 1842-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Church records 1857-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1875 Church records 1867-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1973 Baptisms 1903-1973 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1999 Confirmations 1903-1999 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1975 Marriages 1903-1975 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2003 Burials 1903-2003 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1909 Family book 1862-1909 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of church records 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.


 * 1833-1858 Births, marriages and deaths 1833-1858 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1866 Births, marriages and deaths 1859-1866 at LAGIS - images; includes Herbsen, Dehausen, Wrexen, Schmillinghausen, Helsen, Külte, Mengeringhausen, Rhoden, Landau, Arolsen, Vasbeck, Helmighausen
 * 1859-1875 Births and deaths 1859-1875 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Landau 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