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, family history, 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 this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau 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, ($)

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.

Societies and Libraries
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Family History Society for Nassau and Frankfurt Hessian Family History Association Hessian State Archives Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck