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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kirchvers 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 Kirchvers.

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

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.

Kirchvers
Church records begin in 1641.


 * 1641-1777 Church records 1641-1777 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1774-1839 Church records 1774-1839 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1938 Church records 1830-1938 at Archion - images ($)

Rodenhausen

 * 1774-1840 Church records 1774-1840 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1942 Church records 1830-1942 at Archion - images ($)

Weipoltshausen

 * 1774-1840 Church records 1774-1840 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1958 Church records 1830-1958 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kirchvers 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