Mandern Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Mandern 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 Mandern.

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

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.

Mandern
Church records begin in 1679.


 * 1679-1812 Church records 1679-1812 at Archion - images($)
 * 1813-1932 Church records 1813-1932 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1896 Baptisms 1832-1896 at Archion - images($)
 * 1897-1902 Baptisms 1897-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1959 Baptisms 1903-1959 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1958 Confirmations 1903-1958 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1904-1946 Marriages 1904-1946 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1956 Burials 1903-1956 at Archion - images($)

Wega

 * 1679-1819 Church records 1679-1819 at Archion - images($)
 * 1819-1932 Church records 1819-1932 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1937 Baptisms 1903-1937 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1964 Confirmations 1903-1964 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1904-1950 Marriages 1904-1950 at Archion - images($)
 * 1951-1980 Marriages 1951-1980 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1975 Burials 1903-1975 at Archion - images($)
 * 1976-1980 Burials 1976-1980 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.


 * 1859-1874 Births 1859-1874 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1867 Marriages 1859-1867 at LAGIS - images
 * 1864-1872 Deaths 1864-1872 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Mandern 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