Nieder-Ense Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Nieder-Ense 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 Niederense.

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

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.

Nieder-Ense
Church records begin in 1640.


 * 1640-1725 Church records 1640-1725 at Archion - images($)
 * 1725-1783 Church records 1725-1783 at Archion - images($)
 * 1783-1823 Church records 1783-1823 at Archion - images($)
 * 1824-1923 Church records 1824-1923 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1951 Baptisms 1903-1951 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1956 Confirmations 1903-1956 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)

Goldhausen

 * 1832-1902 Baptisms 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1956 Baptisms 1903-1956 at Archion - images($)
 * Confirmations since 1903 are available at the archive
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1963 Marriages 1903-1963 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1999 Burials 1903-1999 at Archion - images($)

Nordenbeck

 * Baptisms since 1832 are available at the archive
 * 1903-1961 Confirmations 1903-1961 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1960 Marriages 1903-1960 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 a at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 b at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1999 Burials 1903-1999 at Archion - images($)

Ober-Ense

 * 1832-1902 Baptisms 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1958 Baptisms 1903-1958 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1967 Confirmations 1903-1967 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1981 Marriages 1903-1981 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Nieder-Ense 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