Adorf Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Adorf 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 Adorf.

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

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.

Adorf
Church records begin in 1648.


 * 1648-1702 church records 1648-1702 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1703-1739 church records 1703-1739 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1740-1796 Church records 1740-1796 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1797-1831 Church records 1797-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * Baptisms 1832-1988 are available at the archive
 * 1832-1879 a Confirmations 1832-1879 a at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1879 b Confirmations 1832-1879 b at Archion - images ($)
 * Confirmations 1880-1902 are available at the archive
 * 1903-1979 Confirmations 1903-1979 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1885 Marriages 1832-1885 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1885-1905 Marriages 1885-1905 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1946 Marriages 1903-1946 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1947-1957 Marriages 1947-1957 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1883 Burials 1832-1883 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1884-1902 Burials 1884-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1966 Burials 1903-1966 at Archion - images ($)

Benkhausen

 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1886-1902 Baptisms 1886-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1955 Baptisms 1903-1955 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2002 Confirmations 1903-2002 at Archion - images ($)
 * Marriages 1903-2001 are available at the archive
 * 1903-2002 Burials 1903-2002 at Archion - images ($)

Giebringhausen

 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1877-1902 Baptisms 1877-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1947 Baptisms 1903-1947 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1989 Confirmations 1903-1989 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1954 Marriages 1903-1954 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1897-1902 Burials 1897-1902 at Archion - images ($)

Rhenegge

 * 1832-1885 Church records 1832-1885 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1875-1902 Baptisms 1875-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1966 Confirmations 1903-1966 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1886-1902 Marriages 1886-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1992 Marriages 1903-1992 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1885-1902 Burials 1885-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2002 Burials 1903-2002 at Archion - images ($)

Sudeck

 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1891-1902 Baptisms 1891-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1993 Confirmations 1903-1993 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-xxxx Marriages 1903-xxxx at Archion - images ($)
 * Burials 1903-1913 are available at the archive
 * 1914-xxxx Burials 1914-xxxx at Archion - images ($)

Wirmighausen

 * 1832-1878 Church records 1832-1878 at Archion - images ($)
 * Baptisms 1879-1902 are available at the archive
 * 1903-1956 Baptisms 1903-1956 at Archion - images ($)
 * Confirmations 1879-1896 are available at the archive
 * 1897-1974 Confirmations 1897-1974 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1879-1902 Marriages 1879-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-2001 Marriages 1903-2001 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1879-1902 Burials 1879-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 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.


 * 1832, 1857-1875 Births 1832, 1857-1875 at LAGIS - images; includes Flechtdorf
 * 1833-1856 Births 1833-1856 at LAGIS - images
 * 1834-1856 Marriages 1834-1856 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1867 Marriages 1859-1867 at LAGIS - images
 * 1835-1856 Deaths 1835-1856 at LAGIS - images
 * 1857 Deaths 1857 at LAGIS - images
 * 1859-1874 Deaths 1859-1874 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Adorf 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