Kleinern Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kleinern 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 Kleinern.

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

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.

Kleinern
Church records begin in 1649.


 * 1649-1765 Church records 1649-1765 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1766-1812 [https://www.archion.de/de/viewer/?no_cache=1&type=churchRegister&uid=166244 Church records 1766-1812 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1812-1822 Church records 1812-1822 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1823-1881 Church records 1823-1881 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1880 Baptisms 1832-1880 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1881-1902 Baptisms 1881-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1929 Baptisms 1903-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1958 Confirmations 1903-1958 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1835-1875 Marriages 1835-1875 at Archion - images, ($); includes Gellershausen
 * 1903-1943 Marriages 1903-1943 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1944-2001 Marriages 1944-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1968 Burials 1903-1968 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1968-2002 Burials 1968-2002 at Archion - images, ($)

Gellershausen

 * 1754-1812 Church records 1754-1812 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1754-1885 Church records 1754-1885 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1812-1822 Church records 1812-1822 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1879 Baptisms 1832-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1880-1902 Baptisms 1880-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1941 Baptisms 1903-1941 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1961 Confirmations 1903-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1951 Marriages 1903-1951 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1951-2001 Marriages 1951-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1972 Burials 1903-1972 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1973-2002 Burials 1973-2002 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.


 * 1859-1875 Births 1859-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1875 Marriages 1859-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1875 Deaths 1859-1875 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kleinern 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