Affoldern Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Affoldern 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 Affoldern.

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

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.

Affoldern
Church records begin in 1560. There is a gap in records between 1591 and 1652.


 * 1560-1591 Church records 1560-1591 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1652-1814 Church records 1652-1814 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1677-1814 Church records 1677-1814 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1814-1914 Church records 1814-1914 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1889-1969 Baptisms 1889-1969 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1990 Marriages 1903-1990 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2002 Burials 1903-2002 at Archion - images ($)

Buhlen

 * 1832-1901 Church records 1832-1901 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1969 Baptisms 1903-1969 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1969 Confirmations 1903-1969 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1999 Marriages 1903-1999 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2001 Burials 1903-2001 at Archion - images ($)

Mehlen

 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1890-1969 Baptisms 1890-1969 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1969 Confirmations 1903-1969 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1996 Marriages 1903-1996 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2002 Burials 1903-2002 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.


 * 1847, 1859-1867 Births 1847, 1859-1867 at LAGIS - images; incomplete
 * 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 Affoldern 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