Helmighausen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Helmighausen 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 Helmighausen.

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

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.

Helmighausen
Church records begin in 1666.


 * 1666-1778 Church records 1666-1778 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1729-1789 Church records 1729-1789 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1782-1804, 1857 Church records 1782-1804, 1857 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1805-1875 Church records 1805-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1826-1874 Church records 1826-1874 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1945 Church records 1903-1945 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1846 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1832-1846 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1847-1856 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1847-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1857-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1867-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1881-1902 Baptisms and burials 1881-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-2012 Marriages 1946-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-2012 Burials 1946-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1920 Family book 1862-1920 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of baptisms 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of marriages 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of burials 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)

Hesperinghausen

 * 1805-1831, 1841-1882 Church records 1805-1831, 1841-1882 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1945 Church records 1903-1945 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1846 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1832-1846 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1847-1856 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1847-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1857-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1875 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1867-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1877-1902 Baptisms and burials 1877-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-2012 Marriages 1946-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-2013 Burials 1946-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1921 Family book 1862-1921 at Archion - images ($)

Kohlgrund

 * 1805-1872 Church records 1805-1872 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1945 Church records 1903-1945 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1846 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1832-1846 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1847-1856 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1847-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1857-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1875 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1867-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1883-1902 Baptisms and burials 1883-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-2010 Marriages 1946-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-2013 Burials 1946-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1919 Family book 1862-1919 at Archion - images ($)

Neudorf

 * 1805-1831, 1840-1883 Church records 1805-1831, 1840-1883 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1945 Church records 1903-1945 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1846 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1832-1846 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1887 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1832-1887 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1847-1856 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1847-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1857-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1875 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1867-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1882-1902 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1882-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-2012 Marriages 1946-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-2013 Burials 1946-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1921 Family book 1862-1921 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.


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

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Helmighausen 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