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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Weimar 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 Weimar.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1649.


 * 1649-1713 Church records 1649-1713 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1714-1785 Church records 1714-1785 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1786-1821 Church records 1786-1821 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1830 Church records 1822-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1880 Baptisms 1830-1880 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1881-1938 Baptisms 1881-1938 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1963 Confirmations 1831-1963 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1908 Marriages 1830-1908 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1909-1961 Marriages 1909-1961 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1904 Burials 1830-1904 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1905-2001 Burials 1905-2001 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Weimar 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