Goddelsheim Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Goddelsheim 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 Goddelsheim.

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

Church Records
Church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau 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 1646.


 * 1646-1735 Church records 1646-1735 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1736-1807 Church records 1736-1807 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1808-1830 Baptisms and burials 1808-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1852 Baptisms 1831-1852 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1853-1877 Baptisms 1853-1877 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1902 Baptisms 1878-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1923 Baptisms 1903-1923 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1807-1858 Confirmations and marriages 1807-1858 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1859-1909 Confirmations 1859-1909 at Archion - images, ($); includes Rhadern
 * 1831-1867 Marriages 1831-1867 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1852 Burials 1831-1852 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1853-1881 Burials 1853-1881 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1882-1902 Burials 1882-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Goddelsheim began in January 1876.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies.

Societies and Libraries
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Family History Society for Nassau and Frankfurt Hessian Family History Association Hessian State Archives Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck