Ober-Waroldern Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Ober-Waroldern 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 Ober Waroldern.

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

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.

Ober-Waroldern
Church records begin in 1671.


 * 1671-1802 Church records 1671-1802 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1806-1831 Church records 1806-1831 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1832-1841 Church records 1832-1841 at Archion - images($)
 * 1842-1856 Church records 1842-1856 at Archion - images($)
 * 1857-1866 Church records 1857-1866 at Archion - images($)
 * 1867-1875 Church records 1867-1875 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1883 Baptisms 1832-1883 at Archion - images($)
 * 1884-1902 Baptisms 1884-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1951 Baptisms 1903-1951 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1984 Confirmations 1903-1984 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1958 Marriages 1903-1958 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1999 Burials 1903-1999 at Archion - images($)
 * 1837-1850 Family book 1837-1850 at Archion - images($)
 * 1862-1939 Family book 1862-1939 at Archion - images($)
 * 1822- Index of church records 1822- at Archion - images($)

Elleringhausen

 * 1642-1772 Church records 1642-1772 at Archion - images($)
 * 1773-1831 Church records 1773-1831 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1841 Church records 1832-1841 at Archion - images($)
 * 1842-1856 Church records 1842-1856 at Archion - images($)
 * 1857-1866 Church records 1857-1866 at Archion - images($)
 * 1867-1875 Church records 1867-1875 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1882 Baptisms 1832-1882 at Archion - images($)
 * 1882-1902 Baptisms 1882-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1950 Baptisms 1903-1950 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1984 Confirmations 1903-1984 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1975 Marriages 1903-1975 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-2003 Burials 1903-2003 at Archion - images($)
 * 1837-1857 Family book 1837-1857 at Archion - images($)
 * 1862-1938 Family book 1862-1938 at Archion - images($)
 * 1822- Index of church records 1822- at Archion - images($); includes list of soldiers who died in WWI

Nieder-Waroldern
Church records begin in 1666. The Nieder-Waroldern parish was dissolved in 1828 and became part of the parish of Ober-Waroldern.


 * 1666-1717 Church records 1666-1717 at Archion - images($)
 * 1756-1823 Church records 1756-1823 at Archion - images($)
 * 1824-1831 Church records 1824-1831 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1841 Church records 1832-1841 at Archion - images($)
 * 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($)
 * 1832-1879 Baptisms 1832-1879 at Archion - images($)
 * 1880-1902 Baptisms 1880-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1948 Baptisms 1903-1948 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1983 Confirmations 1903-1983 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1965 Marriages 1903-1965 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1877-1923 Burials 1877-1923 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1992 Burials 1903-1992 at Archion - images($)
 * 1837-1858 Family book 1837-1858 at Archion - images($)
 * 1862-1937 Family book 1862-1937 at Archion - images($)
 * 1898 Index of church records 1898 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.

Nieder Waroldern

 * 1870-1875 Births 1870-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1870-1874 Marriages 1870-1874 at LAGIS - images
 * 1870-1875 Deaths 1870-1875 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ober-Waroldern 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