Wethen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wethen 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 Wethen.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1621.


 * 1621-1705 Church records 1621-1705 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1707-1793 Church records 1707-1793 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1794-1862 Church records 1794-1862 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1846 Church records 1832-1846 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1847-1856 Church records 1847-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1866 Church records 1857-1866 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1875 Church records 1867-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1900 Baptisms 1832-1900 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1927 Baptisms 1903-1927 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1890-1902 Confirmations 1890-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1950 Confirmations 1903-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1875 Marriages 1827-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1889 Marriages 1832-1889 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1889-1903 Marriages 1889-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1939 Marriages 1903-1939 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1940-2012 Marriages 1940-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1869 Burials 1832-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1870-1902 Burials 1870-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1964 Burials 1903-1964 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1965-2012 Burials 1965-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858- Family book 1858- at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862- Family book 1862- at Archion - images ($)
 * 1899- Family book 1899- at Archion - images ($)
 * 20th century 20th century Family book at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1902 Index of church records 1822-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1928-2013 Index of church records 1928-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wethen 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