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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberwerba 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 Oberwerba.

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

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 1792. See also the parish of Sachsenhausen for additional records for Oberwerba.


 * 1792-1845 Church records 1792-1845 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1902 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1832-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1846-1875, 1892-1938 Baptisms 1846-1875, 1892-1938 at Archion - images($); includes communicants 1892-1938
 * 1831-1875 Confirmations and burials 1831-1875 at Archion - images($); includes Vöhl
 * 1846-1875 Marriages 1846-1875 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberwerba 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