Lengefeld Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Lengefeld 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 Lengefeld.

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

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 1640.


 * 1640-1734 Church records 1640-1734 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1733-1793 Church records 1733-1793 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1794-1898 Church records 1794-1898 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1887 Baptisms 1832-1887 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1882-1902 Baptisms 1882-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1946 Baptisms 1903-1946 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1963 Confirmations 1903-1963 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1826-1875 Marriages 1826-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1892 Marriages 1832-1892 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1893-1902, 1937 Marriages 1893-1902, 1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1961 Marriages 1903-1961 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902, 1936-1938 Burials 1832-1902, 1936-1938 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1992 Burials 1903-1992 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1873 Family book 1862-1873 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1799-1902 Index of church records 1799-1902 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Lengefeld 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