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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Obervellmar 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 Obervellmar.

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

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.

Obervellmar
Church records begin in 1653.


 * 1653-1721 Church records 1653-1721 at Archion - images($)
 * 1722-1863 Church records 1722-1803 at Archion - images($)
 * 1804-1830 Church records 1804-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1907 Baptisms 1830-1907 at Archion - images($)
 * 1907-1978 Baptisms 1907-1978 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1969 Confirmations 1831-1969 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1932 Marriages 1830-1932 at Archion - images($)
 * 1932-1982 Marriages 1932-1982 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1942 Burials 1830-1942 at Archion - images($)
 * 1942-1996 Burials 1942-1996 at Archion - images($)

Frommershausen

 * 1830-1970 Church records 1830-1970 at Archion - images($)

Mönchehof
Mönchehof was moved to the parish of Hohenkirchen in 1907.


 * 1713-1789 Church records 1713-1789 at Archion - images($)
 * 1713-1789 Church records 1713-1789 at Archion - images($); duplicate images
 * 1790-1830 Church records 1790-1830 at Archion - images($); Niedervellmar and Frommershausen
 * 1790-1830 Church records 1790-1830 at Archion - images($); duplicate images
 * 1830-1948 Church records 1830-1948 at Archion - images($)
 * 1857-1891 Church records 1857-1891 at Archion - images($)
 * 1864-1993 Baptisms 1864-1993 at Archion - images($)
 * 1916-2013 Marriages 1916-2013 at Archion - images($)
 * 1905-2013 Burials 1905-2013 at Archion - images($)

Niedervellmar

 * 1713-1789 Church records 1713-1789 at Archion - images($)
 * 1790-1830 Church records 1790-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1895 Baptisms 1830-1895 at Archion - images($)
 * 1896-1938 Baptisms 1896-1938 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1963 Confirmations 1831-1963 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1925 Marriages 1830-1925 at Archion - images($)
 * 1926-1971 Marriages 1926-1971 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1925 Burials 1830-1925 at Archion - images($)
 * 1926-2009 Burials 1926-2009 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Obervellmar 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