Usseln Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Usseln 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 Usseln.

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

Church Records
Church records for Waldeck and Pyrmont 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.

Usseln
Church records begin in 1644.


 * 1644-1690 Church records 1644-1690 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1684-1701 Church records 1684-1791 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1701-1755 Church records 1701-1755 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1756-1796 Church records 1756-1796 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1796-1825 Church records 1796-1825 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1826-1902 Church records 1816-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1854 Baptisms 1832-1854 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1855-1902 Baptisms 1855-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1925 Baptisms 1903-1925 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1949 Confirmations 1903-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1875 Marriages 1827-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1864 Marriages 1832-1864 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1859-1902 Marriages 1859-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1955 Marriages 1902-1955 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1857 Burials 1832-1857 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1902 Burials 1858-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1975 Burials 1903-1975 at Archion - images ($)

Rattlar
For baptisms from 1895-1902 see the records of Willingen (see below).


 * 1862-1875 Church records 1862-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1852-1864 Baptisms 1852-1894 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1925 Baptisms 1903-1925 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1964 Confirmations 1903-1964 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1902 Marriages 1858-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1950 Marriages 1903-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1951-2001 Marriages 1951-2001 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1856-1902 Burials 1856-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1981 Burials 1903-1981 at Archion - images ($)

Schwalefeld

 * 1850-1888 Baptisms 1850-1888 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1889-1902 Extract of baptisms 1889-1902 at Archion - images ($); extracted from the baptism register of Willingen (see below).
 * 1903-1925 Baptisms 1903-1925 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1966 Confirmations 1903-1966 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1865-1902 Marriages 1865-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1948 Marriages 1903-1948 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1948-2002 Marriages 1948-2002 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1850-1898 Burials 1850-1898 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1898-1902 Burials 1898-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1971 Burials 1903-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1875 Family book 1862-1875 at Archion - images ($)

Willingen

 * 1848-1888 Baptisms 1848-1888 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1889-1902 a Baptisms 1889-1902 a at Archion - images ($)
 * 1889-1902 b Baptisms 1889-1902 b at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1925 Baptisms 1903-1925 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1966 Confirmations 1903-1966 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1859-1902 Marriages 1859-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1949 Marriages 1903-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1949-1978 Marriages 1949-1978 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1848-1900 Burials 1848-1900 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1963 Burials 1903-1963 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1964-2001 Burials 1964-2001 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Usseln 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