Armsfeld Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Armsfeld 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 Armsfeld.

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

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.

Armsfeld
Church records begin in 1598.


 * 1598-1668 Church records 1598-1668 at Archion - images ($); includes Dodenhausen, Haddenberg, Battenhausen and Hüttenrode
 * 1668-1741 Church records 1668-1741 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1700-1706, 1742-1831 Church records 1700-1706, 1742-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1887-1902, 1914 Baptisms 1887-1902, 1914 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1949 Baptisms 1903-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1950 Confirmations 1903-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1885-1902 Marriages 1885-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1949 Marriages 1903-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1974 Burials 1903-1974 at Archion - images ($)

Bergfreiheit
Church records begin in 1668.


 * 1668-1800 Church records 1668-1800 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1801-1831 Church records 1801-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1879-1902 Church records 1879-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1879-1903 Baptisms 1879-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1939 Baptisms 1903-1939 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1950 Confirmations 1903-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1874-1902 Marriages 1874-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1948 Marriages 1903-1948 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1950-2000 Marriages 1950-2000 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1974 Burials 1903-1974 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1975-2001 Burials 1975-2001 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Armsfeld 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