Berndorf Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Berndorf 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 Berndorf.

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

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.

Berndorf
Church records begin in 1693.


 * Church records 1693-1753 are available at the archive
 * 1754-1825 Church records 1754-1825 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1826-1831 Church records 1826-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1865 Baptisms and confirmations 1832-1865 at Archion - images, ($); Helmscheid book starts at image 728
 * 1866-1902 Baptisms and confirmations 1866-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1938 Baptisms 1903-1938 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1949 Confirmations 1903-1949 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1896 Marriages 1832-1896 (at Archion - images, $); Helmscheid book starts at image 569
 * 1897-1902 Marriages 1897-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1960 Marriages 1903-1960 (at Archion - images, $)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($); Helmscheid book starts at image 904
 * 1873-1902 Burials 1873-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1989 Burials 1903-1989 at Archion - images, ($)

Helmscheid

 * 1866-1902 Baptisms and confirmations 1866-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1952 Baptisms 1903-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1972 Confirmations 1903-1972 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1956 Marriages 1903-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-2002 Burials 1903-2002 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Berndorf 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