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

Guide to Völkershausen 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
Völkershausen 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 Völkershausen.

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

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.

Völkershausen
The parish of Völkershausen was established in 1723. Prior to 1723, Völkershausen belonged to the parish of Altenburschla.


 * 1723-1774 Church records 1723-1774 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1768-1830 Church records 1768-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1738-1806 Copy of church records 1738-1806 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1952 Baptisms 1830-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2017 Confirmations 1831-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Marriages 1830-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-2017 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Völkershausen 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