Züschen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Züschen 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
Züschen 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 Züschen.

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

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.

Züschen
The Lutheran parish of Züschen was established in 1722.


 * 1722-1791 Church records 1722-1791 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1793-1821 Baptisms 1793-1821 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of baptisms 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of marriages 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of burials 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Züschen
Reformed church records begin in 1587. Also, see the early church records of the parish of Wellen.


 * 1587-1695 Church records 1587-1695 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1689-1797 Church records 1689-1797 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1798-1902 Church records 1798-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1834-1902 Baptisms 1834-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1834-1903 Baptisms 1903-1935 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1953 Confirmations 1903-1953 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1965 Marriages 1903-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1979 Burials 1903-1979 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1862-1914 Family book 1862-1914 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of baptisms 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of marriages 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of burials 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Heimarshausen

 * 1773-1856 Church records 1773-1856 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1942 Baptisms 1830-1942 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1979 Confirmations 1831-1979 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1873 Marriage banns 1773-1873 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1979 Marriages 1830-1979 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1979 Burials 1830-1979 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Züschen 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