Goddelsheim Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Goddelsheim 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 Goddelsheim.

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

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 1646.


 * 1646-1735 Church records 1646-1735 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1736-1807 Church records 1736-1807 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1808-1830 Baptisms and burials 1808-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1852 Baptisms 1831-1852 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1853-1877 Baptisms 1853-1877 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1902 Baptisms 1878-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1923 Baptisms 1903-1923 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1807-1858 Confirmations and marriages 1807-1858 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1859-1909 Confirmations 1859-1909 at Archion - images, ($); includes Rhadern
 * 1831-1867 Marriages 1831-1867 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1852 Burials 1831-1852 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1853-1881 Burials 1853-1881 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1882-1902 Burials 1882-1902 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.


 * 1833-1857 Births, marriages and deaths 1833-1857 at LAGIS - images; includes community account ledger
 * 1859-1898 Births, marriages and deaths 1859-1898 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Goddelsheim 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