Bringhausen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Bringhausen 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
Bringhausen 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 Bringhausen.

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

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.

Bringhausen
Church records begin in 1692.


 * 1692-1800 Church records 1692-1800 at Archion - images, ($); also, check Hemfurth records (see below) prior to 1714
 * 1714-1831 Baptisms 1714-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1875 Baptisms 1832-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1902 Baptisms 1876-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1959 Baptisms 1903-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1714-1831 Confirmations, marriages, burials 1714-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-1902 Confirmations 1889-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1958 Confirmations 1903-1958 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1949 Marriages 1903-1949 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1950-2001 Marriages 1950-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1994 Burials 1903-1994 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1862-1910 Family book 1862-1910; at Archion - images, ($); includes list of those killed in WWI
 * 1822-1902 Index of baptisms 1822-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1892-1916 Index of burials 1892-1916 at Archion - images, ($)

Berich and Neu-Berich
For possible entries for Berich residents prior to 1801, see also church records from Bringhausen (above), Hemfurth (see below), as well as from the parish of Waldeck


 * 1692-1800 Church records 1692-1800 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1902 Church records 1801-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1795-1831 Baptisms 1795-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Index of church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Berich was flooded when the Edersee Dam was built. Residents relocated to the town of Neu-Berich.


 * 1903-1961 Baptisms 1903-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1973 Confirmations 1903-1973 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1975 Marriages 1903-1975 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1989 Burials 1903-1989 at Archion - images, ($)

Hemfurth
After the original parish of Hemfurth was dissolved in 1754 it became part of the Bringhausen parish.


 * 1666-1691 Church records 1666-1691 at Archion - images, ($); includes Berich and Nieder Werbe, includes list of those killed in WWI
 * 1692-1831 Church records 1692-1831 at Archion - images, ($); confirmations include Bringhausen, marriages 1692-1766 missing
 * 1692-1831 Baptisms 1692-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1929 Baptisms 1903-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1958 Confirmations 1903-1958 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1862-1890 Marriages 1862-1890 at Archion - images, ($); includes Bringhausen
 * 1903-1946 Marriages 1903-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1947-2001 Marriages 1947-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1965 Burials 1903-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1966-2001 Burials 1966-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 19th century Family book 19th century at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1901 Index of church records 1822-1901 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Bringhausen 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