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

Guide to Walburg 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
Walburg 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 Walburg.

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

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.

Walburg
Church records begin in 1665.


 * Church records 1665-1688 are available at the archive.
 * 1688-1726 Church records 1688-1726 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1722-1772 Church records 1722-1772 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1814 Church records 1773-1814 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1814-1830 Church records 1814-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1870 Baptisms 1830-1870 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1871-1970 Baptisms 1871-1970 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Marriages 1830-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1930 Burials 1830-1930 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1931-2002 Burials 1931-2002 at Archion - images, ($)

Rommerode

 * 1654-1724 Church records 1654-1724 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1724-1817 Church records 1724-1817 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1818-1833 Church records 1818-1833 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1890 Baptisms 1830-1890 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1947 Marriages 1830-1947 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1948-2001 Marriages 1948-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1930 Burials 1830-1930 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1931-1983 Burials 1931-1983 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Walburg 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