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

Guide to Weitershausen 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
Weitershausen 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 Weitershausen.

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

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.

Weitershausen
Church records begin in 1624.


 * 1624-1772 Church records 1624-1772 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1919 Church records 1773-1919 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2000 Church records 1830-2000 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1879 Marriages 1773-1879 at Archion - images, ($)

Dilschhausen
Prior to 1806, Oberdorf (the upper village) belonged to the parish of Weitershausen, and Unterdorf (the lower village) belonged to the parish of Michebach.


 * 1773-1941 Church records 1773-1941 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2000 Church records 1830-2000 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Weitershausen 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