Korbach Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Korbach 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 Corbach.

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

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.

St. Kilian
Church records begin in 1600.


 * 1600-1762 Church record 1600-1762 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1763-1859 Church records 1763-1859 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1763-1826 Baptisms 1763-1826 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1832 Baptisms 1827-1832 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1869 Baptisms 1832-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1869-1902 Baptisms 1869-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1918 Baptisms 1903-1918 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1861-1902 Confirmations 1861-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1904-1914 Confirmations 1904-1914 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1916-1953 Confirmations 1916-1953 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1864 Marriages 1827-1864 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1882 Marriages 1832-1882 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1882-1902 Marriages 1882-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1937 Marriages 1903-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1862 Burials 1832-1862 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1863-1902 Burials 1863-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1938 Burials 1903-1938 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Baptisms index 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1679-1902 Marriages index 1679-1902 at Archion - images ($)

St. Nikolai
Church records begin in 1670.


 * 1670-1800 Church records 1670-1800 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1801-1932 Church records 1801-1932 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1883 Church records 1832-1883 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1875 Church records 1862-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1863 Baptisms and confirmations 1832-1863 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1902 Baptisms 1864-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1915 Baptisms 1903-1915 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1923 Confirmations 1903-1923 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1847 Marriages 1827-1847 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1848-1875 Marriages 1848-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1884-1902 Marriages 1884-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1924 Marriages 1903-1924 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1925-1948 Marriages 1925-1948 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1857 Burials 1832-1857 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1895 Burials 1857-1895 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1896-1902 Burials 1896-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1924 Burials 1903-1924 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1925-1949 Burials 1925-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1672-1924 Index of baptisms 1672-1924 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1925-2002 Index of confirmations 1925-2002 at Archion - images ($); includes records for 1925-1927
 * 1684-1902 Index of marriages 1684-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1686-1901 Index of burials 1686-1901 at Archion - images ($)

Markus church

 * 1949-1989 Confirmations 1949-1989 at Archion - images ($)

Combined city parishes

 * 1949-1954 Marriages 1949-1954 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1950-1959 Burials 1950-1959 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1960-1974 Burials 1960-1974 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1974-1980 Burials 1974-1980 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1981-1987 Burials 1981-1987 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.


 * 1833-1858 Births, marriages and deaths 1833-1858 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1875 Births, marriages and deaths 1859-1875 at LAGIS - images
 * 1822-1938 Cemetery index 1822-1938 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Korbach 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