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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Willershausen 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 Willershausen.

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

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.

Willershausen
Church records begin in 1592.


 * 1592-1774 Church records 1592-1774 at Archion - images ($); includes Breitzbach
 * 1775-1830 Church records 1775-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1946 Baptisms 1830-1946 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2018 Confirmations 1831-2018 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1921 Marriages 1830-1921 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1922-2014 Marriages 1922-2014 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-2017 at Archion - images ($)

Archfeld

 * 1775-1830 Church records 1775-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2017 Baptisms 1831-2017 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1881 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1858-1881 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2015 Confirmations 1831-2015 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2015 Marriages 1830-2015 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2017 Burials 1831-2017 at Archion - images ($)

Frauenborn

 * 1775-1830 Church records 1775-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2017 Church records 1830-2017 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1880 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1858-1880 at Archion - images ($)

Markershausen

 * 1775-1830 Church records 1775-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2017 Church records 1830-2017 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1877-2012 Baptisms 1877-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1925-2015 Burials 1925-2015 at Archion - images ($)

Reformed
The Reformed residents of Willershausen belonged to the Reformed parish of Gemünden.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Willershausen 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