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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wanfried 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 Wanfried.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1650.


 * 1650-1761 Church records 1650-1761 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1729-1830 Baptisms 1729-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1855 Baptisms 1830-1855 in Archion - images, ($)
 * 1855-1876 Baptisms 1855-1876 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1877-1898 Baptisms 1877-1898 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1899-1924 Baptisms 1899-1924 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1762-1830 Confirmations, baptisms and burials 1762-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1892 Confirmations 1831-1892 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1893-1930 Confirmations 1893-1930 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1876 Marriages 1830-1876 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1877-1913 Marriages 1877-1913 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1914-1956 Marriages 1914-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1859 Burials 1830-1859 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1859-1887 Burials 1859-1887 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1887-1904 Burials 1887-1904 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1905-1959 Burials 1905-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1960-1993 Burials 1960-1993 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1650-1830 Index Baptisms, marriages and burials 1650-1830 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wanfried 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