Eppe Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Eppe 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 Eppe.

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

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 1664.


 * 1664-1804 Church records 1664-1804 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1682-1725 Church records 1682-1725 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1682-1831 Church records 1682-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1729-1793 Church records 1729-1793 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1792-1828 Church records 1792-1828 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1828-1902 Baptisms and confirmations 1828-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1829-1902 Marriages 1829-1901 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1904-1962 Marriages 1904-1963 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2001 Burials 1903-2001 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Eppe 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