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

Guide to Wittelsberg 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
Wittelsberg 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 Wittelsberg.

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

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.

Wittelsberg
Church records begin in 1760.


 * 1760-1830 Church records 1760-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1883 Church records 1830-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1983 Church records 1884-1983 at Archion - images, ($)

Beltershausen

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1883 Church records 1830-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1990 Church records 1884-1990 at Archion - images, ($)

Moischt

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1883 Church records 1830-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1989 Church records 1884-1989 at Archion - images, ($)

Jewish
Jewish residents of Wittelsberg belonged to the Marburg synagogue community.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wittelsberg 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