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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wachenbuchen 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 Wachenbuchen.

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

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 1638.


 * 1638-1751 Church records 1638-1751 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1751-1830 Baptisms 1751-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1899 Baptisms 1830-1899 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1899-1940 Baptisms 1899-1940 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1974 Confirmations 1831-1974 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1751-1830 Marriages 1751-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1919 Marriages 1830-1919 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1920-1992 Marriages 1920-1992 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1751-1830 Burials 1751-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1922 Burials 1830-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1923-1993 Burials 1923-1993 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wachenbuchen 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