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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wehrda 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 Wehrda.

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

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.

Wehrda
Church records begin in 1653 and included gaps.


 * 1653-1779 Church records 1653-1779 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1780-1818 Church records 1780-1818 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1808-1813 Church records 1808-1813 at Archion - images, ($); civil registry
 * 1819-1830 Church records 1819-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1851 Baptisms 1831-1851 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1883 Baptisms 1851-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-2003 Baptisms 1884-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2003 Confirmations 1831-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1906 Marriages 1831-1906 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1907-2003 Marriages 1907-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1867 Burials 1831-1867 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1867-1978 Burials 1867-1978 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1978-2004 Burials 1978-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1654-1874 Family book 1654-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1819-1947 Family book 1819-1947 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1799-1955 Index of names 1799-1955 at Archion - images, ($); in order of birth, includes birth, marriage and death dates and reference to family book

Rhina

 * 1831-1905 Baptisms 1831-1905 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1906-2004 Baptisms 1906-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2003 Confirmations 1831-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1957 Marriages 1831-1957 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1956 Burials 1831-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1957-2003 Burials 1957-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1947 Family book 1831-1947 at Archion - images, ($)

Schletzenrod-Wetzlos

 * 1831-1923 Baptisms 1831-1923 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2003 Confirmations 1831-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2003 Marriages 1831-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2004 Burials 1831-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1933 Family book 1831-1933 at Archion - images, ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.

Rhina

 * 1829-1830 Membership list 1829-1830 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes birth, marriage, death years, and property notes
 * 1824-1833 Births 1824-1833 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1834-1938 Births 1834-1938 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1824-1838 Marriages 1824-1838 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1840-1927 Marriages 1840-1927 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1824-1841 Deaths 1824-1841 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1842-1897 Deaths 1842-1897 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1897-1938 Deaths 1897-1938 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Wehrda

 * 1764-1833 Civil register 1764-1833 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; created around 1825/1830, includes births of sons by family
 * 1824-1920 Births 1824-1920 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1824-1892 Marriages 1824-1892 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1865 Deaths 1825-1865 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1865-1937 Deaths 1865-1937 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wehrda 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