Waldau Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Waldau Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Jurisdictional Changes
Waldau 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 Waldau.

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

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.

Waldau
Church records begin in 1858.


 * 1858-1880 Church records 1858-1880 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1872-1900 Baptisms 1872-1900 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1901-1945 Baptisms 1901-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1909 Confirmations 1831-1909 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1910-1972 Confirmations 1910-1972 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1895 Marriages 1830-1895 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1896-1936 Marriages 1896-1936 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1919-1921 Marriages 1919- at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1936-1945 Marriages 1936-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-1965 Marriages 1946-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1890 Burials 1830-1890 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1917-1922 Burials 1917-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1937-1945 Burials 1937-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-1977 Burials 1946-1977 at Archion - images, ($)

Bergshausen

 * 1771-1806 Church records 1771-1806 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1807-1830 Church records 1807-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1936 Baptisms 1830-1936 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1909 Confirmations 1830-1909 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1949 Marriages 1830-1949 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1961 Burials 1830- at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Waldau began in October 1874.

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