Mengeringhausen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Mengeringhausen 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 Mengeringhausen.

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

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 1633.


 * 1633-1741 Church records 1633-1741 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1742-1889 Baptisms and confirmations 1742-1889 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1808-1831, 1890-1902 Baptisms and confirmations 1808-1831, 1890-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1854 Baptisms 1832-1854 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1854-1880 Baptisms 1854-1880 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1881-1902 Baptisms 1881-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1957 Baptisms, confirmations and marriages 1903-1957 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1955 Baptisms and burials 1903-1955 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1742-1831 Marriages 1742-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1742-1831, 1846-1880 Burials 1742-1831, 1846-1880 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1873 Burials 1832-1873 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1874-1902 Burials 1874-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1955-1978 Burials 1955-1978 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1979-2005 Burials 1979-2005 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1824-1894 Family book 1824-1894 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1895-1931 Family book 1895-1931 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of church records 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1742-1822 Index of burials 1742-1822 at Archion - images, ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for Waldeck and Pyrmont are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1834-1856 Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1834-1856 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1874 Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1859-1874 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Mengeringhausen 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