Werleshausen Parish, Province of Saxony, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Werleshausen Parish, Province of Saxony, Prussia, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

History
Werleshausen was first mentioned in 876.

Jurisdictional Changes
Werleshausen has belonged to the following independent countries or post-1871 German states:
 * 1357-1857: Hanstein Court
 * 1807-1813: Kingdeom of Westphalia
 * 1815-1945: Province of Saxony, Prussia
 * 1945-present: State of Hessen

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Werleshausen.

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

Church Records
Church records for this parish in the Prussian province of the Province of Saxony 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.

Werleshausen
Church records begin in 1668 and include gaps.


 * 1668-1729 Church records 1668-1729 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1729-1759 Church records 1729-1759 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1779-1803 Church records 1779-1803 at Archion - images, ($); includes Lindewerra
 * 1804-1832 Church records 1804-1832 at Archion - images, ($); includes Lindewerra
 * 1833-1907 Church records 1833-1907 at Archion - images, ($)

Neuseesen

 * 1833-1903 Church records 1833-1903 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Werleshausen 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 Hessian State Archives