Mühlhausen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Mühlhausen 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 Mühlhausen.

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

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 1673.


 * 1673-1814 Church records 1673-1814 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1815-1832 Church records 1815-1832 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1815-1902 Church records 1815-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1727-1814 Baptisms 1727-1814 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1856 Baptisms 1832-1856 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1857-1888 Baptisms 1857-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-1902 Baptisms 1889-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1920 baptisms 1903-1920 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1961 Confirmations 1903-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1883 Marriages 1832-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1902 Marriages 1884-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1937 Marriages 1903-1937 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1938-1966 Marriages 1938-1966 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1861 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1862-1902 Burials 1862-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1952 Burials 1903-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1953-1994 Burials 1953-1994 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Mühlhausen 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