Odershausen Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Odershausen 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
Odershausen 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 Odershausen.

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

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.

Odershausen
Church records begin in 1671.


 * 1671-1728 Church records 1671-1728 at Archion - images, ($); includes Reinhardshausen
 * 1729-1794 Church records 1729-1794 at Archion -images, ($)
 * 1794-1831 Church records 1794-1831 at Archion -images, ($)
 * 1832-1886 Church records 1832-1886 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 18th century Family book 18th century at Archion - images, ($); includes Braunau and Reinhardshausen
 * 1822-1902 Index of church records 1822-1902 at Archion -images, ($)

Braunau

 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1883-1902 Baptisms 1883-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1924 Baptisms 1903-1924 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1967 Confirmations 1903-1967 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1881-1902 Marriages 1881-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1952 Marriages 1903-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1964 Burials 1903-1964 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1965-2001 Burials 1965-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1671-1902 Index of church records 1671-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Odershausen 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