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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Velmeden 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 Velmeden.

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

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.

Velmeden
Church records begin in 1652.


 * 1652-1724 Church records 1652-1724 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1724-1815 Church records 1724-1815 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1814-1832 Church records 1814-1832 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1936 Baptisms 1830-1936 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1961 Marriages 1830-1961 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1979 Burials 1830-1979 at Archion - images ($)

Hausen

 * 1717-1785 Church records 1717-1785] at Archion - images ($)
 * 1786-1833 Church records 1786-1833] at Archion - images ($)
 * 1739-1857 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1739-1857] at Archion - images ($); school teacher record
 * 1830-1953 Baptisms 1830-1953] at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012] at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2012 Marriages 1830-2012] at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2012 Burials 1830-2012] at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Velmeden 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