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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wehrda 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 Wehrda.

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

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.

Wehrda
Church records begin in 1653; with gaps.


 * 1653-1779 Church records 1653-1779 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1780-1818 Church records 1780-1818 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1808-1813 Church records 1808-1813 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1851 Baptisms 1831-1851 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1883 Baptisms 1851-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-2003 Baptisms 1884-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2003 Confirmations 1831-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1906 Marriages 1831-1906 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1907-2003 Marriages 1907-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1867 Burials 1831-1867 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1867-1978 Burials 1867-1978 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1978-2004 Burials 1978-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1799-1955 Soul Register 1799-1955 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1654-1874 Family book 1654-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1819-1947 Family book 1819-1947 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wehrda 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