Helsen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Helsen 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 Helsen.

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

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 1652.


 * 1652-1687 Church records 1652-1687 at Archion - images ($); includes Arolsen
 * 1686-1708 Church records 1686-1708 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1708-1743 Church records 1708-1743 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1743-1832 Church records 1743-1832 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1795-1831 Baptisms 1795-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1858 Baptisms 1832-1858 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1887 Baptisms 1858-1887 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1887-1902 Baptisms 1887-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2002 Baptisms 1903-2002 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1815-1905 Confirmations, marriages and burials 1815-1905 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1926 Confirmations 1903-1926 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1909-1942 Communicants 1909-1942 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1875 Marriages 1827-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1893 Marriages 1832-1893 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1894-1902 Marriages 1894-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1973 Marriages 1903-1973 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1864 Burials 1832-1864 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1880 Burials 1864-1880 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1881-1902 Burials 1881-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1971 Burials 1903-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1873 Family book 1862-1873 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1873-1913 Family book 1873-1913 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1932 Index of church records 1822-1932 at Archion - images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish residents of Helsen belonged to the Jewish community in Arolsen.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Helsen 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