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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wolfsanger 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 Wolfsanger.

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

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.

Reformed
Church records begin in 1830.


 * 1830-1861 Baptisms 1830-1861 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1862-1903 Baptisms 1862-1903 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1904-1923 Baptisms 1904-1923 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1908-1912 Baptisms 1908-1912 at Archion – images ($); second copy of register
 * 1830-1889 Marriages 1830-1889 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1890-1945 Marriages 1890-1945 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1946-1961 Marriages 1946-1961 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1882 Burials 1830-1882 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1882-1903 Burials 1882-1903 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1908-1910, 1925 Burials 1908-1910, 1925 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1938-1945 Burials 1938-1945 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1946-1968 Burials 1946-1968 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wolfsanger 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