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

Guide to Wichte 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
Wichte 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 Wichte.

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

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.

Wichte
Church records begin in 1625.


 * 1625-1696 Church records 1625-1696 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1696-1778 Church records 1696-1778 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1779-1832 Church records 1779-1832 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1992 [https://www.archion.de/en/viewer/?no_cache=1&type=churchRegister&uid=178379 Confirmations 1831-1992 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1992 Marriages 1830-1992 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1992 Burials 1830-1992 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wichte 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