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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wettesingen 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 Wettesingen.

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

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 1672.


 * 1672-1728 Church records 1672-1728 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1730-1775 Church records 1730-1775 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1775-1809 Church records 1775-1809 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1810-1830 Church records 1810-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1888 Baptisms 1830-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-1954 Baptisms 1889-1954 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1952 Confirmations 1831-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1918 Marriages 1830-1918 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1919 Burials 1830-1919 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wettesingen 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