Külte Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Külte 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 Külte.

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

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.

Külte
Church records begin in 1662.


 * 1662-1794 Church records 1662-1794 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1734-1826 Church records 1734-1826 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1826-1903 Church records 1826-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1807-1826 Baptisms 1807-1826 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1889 Baptisms 1832-1889 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1890-1902 Baptisms 1890-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1938 Baptisms 1903-1938 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1940 Confirmations 1903-1940 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1903 Marriages 1832-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1957 Marriages 1903-1957 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1879 Burials 1832-1879 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1880-1902 Burials 1880-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1984 Burials 1903-1984 at Archion - images ($)

Wetterburg
Church records begin in 1658.


 * 1658-1721 Church records 1658-1721 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1721-1794 Church records 1721-1794 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1793-1826 Church records 1793-1826 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1826-1903 Church records 1826-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1876 Baptisms 1832-1876 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1902 Baptisms 1876-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1925 Baptisms 1903-1925 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1945 Marriages 1903-1945 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-1993 Marriages 1946-1993 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1886 Burials 1832-1886 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1887-1902 Burials 1887-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1962 Burials 1903-1962 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1963-2013 Burials 1962-2013 at Archion - images ($)

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.


 * 1859-1866 Births, marriages and deaths 1859-1866 at LAGIS - images; includes Herbsen, Dehausen, Wrexen, Schmillinghausen, Helsen, Külte, Mengeringhausen, Rhoden, Landau, Arolsen, Vasbeck, Helmighausen

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Külte 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