Netze Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Netze 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
Netze 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 Netze.

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

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 1642.


 * 1642-1711 Church records 1642-1711 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1711-1744 Church records 1711-1744 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1745-1831 Church records 1745-1831 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1827-1911 Church records 1827-1911 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1900-2000 Church records 1900-2000 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1832-1892 Baptisms 1832-1892 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1893-1926 Baptisms 1893-1926 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-1961 Confirmations 1903-1961 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-1944 Marriages 1903-1944 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1945-1991 Marriages 1945-1991 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-1954 Burials 1903-1954 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1955-2002 Burials 1955-2002 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Netze 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