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

Guide to Wolfhagen 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
Wolfhagen 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 Wolfhagen.

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

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 1575.


 * 1575-1678 Church records 1575-1678 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1678-1768 Church records 1678-1768 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1760-1803 Church records 1760-1803 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1804-1830 Church records 1804-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1805-1824 Church records 1805-1824 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1825-1830 Church records 1825-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1744-1770 Baptisms 1744-1770 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1771-1782 Baptisms 1771-1782 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1846 Baptisms 1830-1846 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1846-1856 Baptisms 1846-1856 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1855-1872 Baptisms 1855-1872 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1872-1902 Baptisms 1872-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1902-1941 Baptisms 1902-1941 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1880 Confirmations 1831-1880 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1881-1920 Confirmations 1881-1920 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1921-1956 Confirmations 1921-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1861 Marriages 1830-1861 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1861-1917 Marriages 1861-1917 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1918-1967 Marriages 1918-1967 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1855 Burials 1830-1855 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1855-1879 Burials 1855-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1867 Burials 1858-1867 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1880-1922 Burials 1880-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1923-1959 Burials 1923-1959 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wolfhagen 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