Böhne Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Böhne 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 Böhne.

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

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.

Böhne
Church records begin in 1652.


 * 1652-1714 Church records 1652-1714 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1715-1775 Church records 1715-1775 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1775-1824 Church records 1775-1824 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1824-1934 Church records 1824-1934 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1871 Baptisms 1832-1871 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1872-1902 Baptisms 1872-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1950 Baptisms 1903-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1951-2001 Baptisms 1951-2001 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1960 Confirmations 1903-1960 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1828-1876 Marriages 1828-1876 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1949 Marriages 1903-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1950-2001 Marriages 1950-2001 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1887 Burials 1832-18B7 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1888-1902 Burials 1888-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1999 Burials 1903-1999 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1652-1831 Index of church records 1652-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of church records 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)

Königshagen

 * 1903-1942 Baptisms 1903-1942 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1960 Confirmations 1903-1960 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1950 Marriages 1903-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1951-2000 Marriages 1951-2000 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1986 Burials 1903-1986 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Böhne 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