Rhoden Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rhoden 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 Rhoden.

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

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.

Rhoden
Church records begin in 1617.


 * 1617-1666 Church records 1617-1666 at Archion - images($); also includes Wrexen
 * 1664-1708 Church records 1664-1708 at Archion - images($)
 * 1709-1733 Church records 1709-1733 at Archion - images($)
 * 1734-1752 Church records 1734-1752 at Archion - images($)
 * 1756-1788 Church records 1756-1788 at Archion - images($)
 * 1789-1817 Church records 1789-1817 at Archion - images($)
 * 1818-1831, 1845-1866 Church records 1818-1831, 1845-1866 at Archion - images($)
 * 1818-1897 Church records 1818-1897 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1846 Church records 1832-1846 at Archion - images($); includes parish membership list
 * 1868-1876, 1883-1895 Church records 1868-1876, 1883-1895 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1874 Baptisms 1832-1874 at Archion - images($)
 * 1875-1903 Baptisms 1875-1903 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1921 Baptisms 1903-1921 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1908 Confirmations 1903-1908 at Archion - images($)
 * 1908-1928 Confirmations 1908-1928 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1899 Marriages 1832-1899 at Archion - images($)
 * 1899-1902 Marriages 1899-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1938 Marriages 1903-1938 at Archion - images($)
 * 1938-1977 Marriages 1938-1977 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1876 Burials 1832-1876 at Archion - images($)
 * 1876-1902 Burials 1876-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1948 Burials 1903-1948 at Archion - images($)
 * 1948-2009 Burials 1948-2009 at Archion - images($)

Ammenhausen

 * 1735-1790 Church records 1735-1790 at Archion - images($)
 * 1791-1831 Church records 1791-1831 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1846 Church records 1832-1846at Archion - images($); includes parish membership list
 * 1832-1883 Baptisms 1832-1883 at Archion - images($)
 * 1881-1902 Baptisms 1881-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1966 Baptisms 1903-1966 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1973 Confirmations 1903-1973 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1885 Marriages 1832-1885 at Archion - images($)
 * 1883-1902 Marriages 1883-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1990 Marriages 1903-1990 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1888 Burials 1832-1888 at Archion - images($)
 * 1889-1902 Burials 1889-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1991 Burials 1903-1991 at Archion - images($)

Dehausen
For records from 1735-1902, see Ammenhausen church records above.


 * 1903-1967 Baptisms 1903-1967 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1972 Confirmations 1903-1972 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1988 Marriages 1903-1988 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1991 Burials 1903-1991 at Archion - images($)

Orpethal
For records from 1735-1831, see Ammenhausen church records above.


 * 1832-1887 Church records 1832-1887 at Archion - images($); also, see Ammenhausen church records 1832-1846 above
 * 1881-1902 Church records 1881-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1950 Baptisms 1903-1950 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1928 Confirmations 1903-1928 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1988 Marriages 1903-1988 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-2013 Burials 1903-2013 at Archion - images($)
 * 1862-1873 Family book 1862-1873 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.


 * 1859-1866 Births, marriages and deaths 1859-1866 at LAGIS - images; includes Herbsen, Dehausen, Wrexen, Schmillinghausen, Helsen, Külte, Mengeringhausen, Rhoden, Landau, Arolsen, Vasbeck, Helmighausen

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rhoden 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