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, 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.

Locations within Waldau
Note: Bergshausen, sometimes indicated as part of the Waldau parish, belonged to the parish Dörnhagen.

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, ($)
 * 1919-1921 Marriages 1919-1921 at Archion - images, ($); duplicate
 * 1937-1945 Marriages 1937-1945 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, ($)
 * 1946-1977 Burials 1946-1977 at Archion - images, ($)

Bettenhausen
Church records begin in 1620.


 * 1620-1689 Church records 1620-1689 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1690-1752 Church records 1690-1752 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1829-1840 Church records 1829-1840 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1849-1857 Church records 1849-1857 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1875 Church records 1858-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1873-1874 Church records 1873-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1943-1945 Church records 1943-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1944-1948 Church records 1944-1948 at Archion - images, ($); West district
 * 1861-1896 Baptisms 1861-1896 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1896-1913 Baptisms 1896-1913 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1915-1946 Confirmations 1915-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1883 Marriages 1830-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1857 Marriages 1857 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1916 Marriages 1884-1916 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1916-1931 Marriages 1916-1931 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1930-1945 Marriages 1930-1945 at Archion - images, ($); West district
 * 1932-1938 Marriages 1932-1938 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1939-1945 Marriages 1939-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-1950 Marriages 1946-1950 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1950-1956 Marriages 1950-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1869 Burials 1830-1869 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1869-1927 Burials 1869-1927 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1930-1947 Burials 1930-1947 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1938-1942 Burials 1938-1942 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-1957 Burials 1946-1957 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1957-1983 Burials 1957-1983 at Archion - images, ($)

Bettenhausen - Immanuelkirche

 * 1967-1985 Burials 1967-1985 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