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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wächtersbach 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 Wächtersbach.

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

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.

Wächtersbach
Church records begin in 1585.


 * Church records 1585-1738 are available at the archive.
 * 1807-1823 Church records 1807-1823 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1939-1940 Church records 1939-1940 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1941-1942 Church records 1941-1942 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1739-1784 Baptisms 1739-1784 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1785-1830 Baptisms 1785-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1868 Baptisms 1830-1868 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1868-1932 Baptisms 1868-1932 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1963 Confirmations 1831-1963 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1749-1816 Marriages and burials 1749-1816 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1813-1830 Marriages and burials 1813-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1912 Marriages 1830-1912 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1913-1963 Marriages 1913-1963 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1879 Burials 1830-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1880-1983 Burials 1880-1983 at Archion - images, ($)

Hesseldorf

 * 1830-1847 Church records 1830-1847 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1848-1945 Church records 1848-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1900-2012 Baptisms 1900-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2010 Confirmations 1831-2010 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1939-2010 Marriages 1939-2010 at Archion - images, ($)

Weilers

 * 1830-1847 Church records 1830-1847 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1848-1974 Church Records 1848-1974 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2010 Confirmations 1831-2010 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wächtersbach 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