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

Guide to Wichmannshausen 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
Wichmannshausen 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 Wichmannshausen.

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

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.

Wichmannshausen
Church records begin in 1659.


 * 1774-1819 Church records 1774-1819 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1820-1830 Church records 1820-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1878 Baptisms 1830-1878 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1929 Baptisms 1878-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1929 Confirmations 1831-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1929 Marriages 1830-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1930-1960 Marriages 1930-1960 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1908 Burials 1830-1908 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1908-2017 Burials 1908-2017 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wichmannshausen 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