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

Guide to Wolfershausen 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
Wolfershausen 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 Wolfershausen.

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

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.

Wolfershausen
Church records begin in 1715.


 * 1715-1777 Church records 1715-1777 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1715-1830 Church records 1715-1830 at Archion - images, ($); after 1778 only the indexes of the church records are available
 * 1778-1830 Church records 1778-1830 at Archion - images, ($); after 1778 only the indexes of the church records are available
 * 1830-1905 Baptisms 1830-1905 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1969 Confirmations 1831-1969 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1945 Marriages 1830-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1966 Burials 1830-1966 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wolfershausen 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