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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Vernawahlshausen 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 Vernawahlshausen.

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

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 1664.


 * 1664-1706 Church records 1664-1706 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1707-1723 Church records 1707-1723 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1723-1775 Church records 1723-1775 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1776-1846 Church records 1776-1846 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1876 Copy of church records 1858-1876 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1830-1869 Baptisms 1830-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1870-1933 Baptisms 1870-1933 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1948 Confirmations 1831-1948 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1900 Marriages 1830-1900 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1901-2013 Marriages 1901-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1894 Burials 1830-1894 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1894-2013 Burials 1894-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Vernawahlshausen 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