Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France Genealogy

Quick Facts
(South Franconian: Weisseburch; German: Weißenburg) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in northeastern France.

It is situated on the little River Lauter close to the border between France and Germany approximately 60 km (37 mi) north of Strasbourg and 35 km (22 mi) west of Karlsruhe. Wissembourg is a sub-prefecture of the department. The name Wissembourg is merely a Gallicized version of Weißenburg (Weissenburg) in German meaning, "white castle".

Annexed by France mid to late 1790s.

Sankt Michael Weißenburg (KrSt. Weißenburg)
Parish registers of baptisms, marriages, burials for Saint-Michel, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France. Includes Weiler, Schweigen (Bayern, Pfalz), Rott, Rechtenbach (Bayern, Pfalz). Text in German.

Sankt Johann Weißenburg (KrSt. Weißenburg)
Parish registers of baptisms, marriages, burials for Saint-Jean, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France. Includes Altenstadt. Text in German.

Militärgemeinde Weißenburg (Elsaß)
Parish register of baptisms, marriages and deaths for Weißenburg, Elsaß-Lothringen, Germany; now Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France.

Saint-Jean (Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin)
Registres paroissiaux, 1689-1793. In French. Civil Registration began in 1793.

Austrian Army Church Records
Births, marriages and deaths of military personnel. (Österreich. Armee)

Civil Registration
Wissembourg (Arrondisement) for Civil Registration Indexes covering multiple communes including 1862 to 1883.

Civil registration of ten-year indexes, births, marriages, deaths for Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France; also called Weißenburg, Elsaß- Lothringen, Germany. (Registres de l'état civil, 1793-1882)

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1) Sixth annual report of the Association for the Preservation of Antiquites in Weissenburg, Elsaß-Lothringen, Germany; now Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France, 1910. In German (Sechster Jahres-Bericht des Vereins zur Erhaltung der Altertümer in Weissenburg und Umgegend, 1910) When information from these microfilms is used for publication, a tax must be paid to the National Library of France.

History

 * 1) History of the occupation of Wissembourg during the War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748. Text in German (Geschichte der Besetzung von Weißenburg wöhrend der Krieg bei Osterreicherinerbfolge)

Notarial Records

 * 1) Répertoire numérique des archives notariales de Basse-Alsace... / Tome II, Notariat de Wissembourg, 1452-1791 : 6 E 45 : répertoire, choix d'actes, index