Fürstenberg Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Fürstenberg 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
Fürstenberg 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 Fürstenberg.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1711.


 * 1711-1821 Baptisms 1711-1821 at Archion - images, ($)
 * Baptisms 1822-1831 are available at the archive
 * 1832-1899 Baptisms and confirmations 1832-1899 at Archion - images, ($); Also, see Goddelsheim for confirmations 1859-1909.
 * 1900-1902 Baptisms 1900-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1925 Baptisms 1903-1925 at Archion - images, ($)
 * Confirmations, marriages and burials 1711-1831 are available at the archive
 * 1903-1968 Confirmations 1903-1968 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Marriages 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1954 Marriages 1903-1954 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1885 Burials 1832-1885 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1886-1902 Burials 1886-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1971 Burials 1903-1971 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Fürstenberg 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