Heringhausen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Heringhausen 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 Heringhausen.

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

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.

Heringhausen
Church records begin in 1664.


 * 1664-1781 Church records 1664-1781 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1782-1810 Church records 1782-1810 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1811-1831 Church records 1811-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1832 Church records 1822-1832 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1906 Baptisms and confirmations 1832-1906 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1902 Baptisms 1857-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1965 Confirmations 1903-1965 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1887 Marriages 1832-1887 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1902 Marriages 1857-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1952 Marriages 1903-1952 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1879 Burials 1832-1879 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1902 Burials 1858-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2000 Burials 1903-2000 at Archion - images ($)

Ottlar

 * 1903-1962 Baptisms 1903-1962 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1979 Confirmations 1903-1979 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1952 Marriages 1903-1952 at Archion - images ($)

Stormbruch

 * 1903-1984 Baptisms 1903-1984 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1974 Confirmations 1903-1974 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1953 Marriages 1903-1052 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1991 Burials 1903-1952 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Heringhausen 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