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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberweimar 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 Oberweimar.

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

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.

Oberweimar
Church records begin in 1660.


 * 1660-1763 Church records 1660-1763 at Archion - images($)
 * 1764-1830 Church records 1764-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Church records 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)
 * Baptisms 1764-1830 are available at the archive
 * 1830-1952 Baptisms 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)
 * 1764-1830 Burials 1764-1830 at Archion - images($)

Allna

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Church records 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Baptisms 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)

Cyriaxweimar

 * 1830-1989 Church records 1830-1989 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1990 Baptisms 1830-1990 at Archion - images($)

Gisselberg

 * 1830-1990 Church records 1830-1990 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1989 Baptisms 1830-1989 at Archion - images($)

Haddamshausen

 * 1775-1830 Church records 1775-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Church records 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Baptisms 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)

Hermershausen

 * 1774-1829 Church records 1774-1829 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Church records 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Baptisms 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)

Kehna

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Church records 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Baptisms 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)

Niederweimar

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1955 Church records 1830-1955 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1911 Baptisms 1830-1911 at Archion - images($)

Weiershausen

 * 1830-1952 Church records 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1952 Baptisms 1830-1952 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberweimar 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