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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wippershain 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 Wippershain.

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

Locations within Wippershain
Fischbach

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.

Wippershain
The parish of Wippershain was established in 1680. From 1650 to 1680, Wippershain belonged to the parish of Buchenau. Church records for Wippershain after 1680 may be included in Buchenau records. Prior to 1650, Wippershain belonged to the parish of Schenklengsfeld.


 * 1734-1822 Church records 1734-1822 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1807-1830 Church records 1807-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1908 Baptisms 1830-1908 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1858-1914 Extract of baptisms 1858-1914 at Archion – images, ($); record kept by school teacher, includes Eitra, Fischbach, and Sieglos
 * 1909-2016 Baptisms 1909-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1971 Marriages 1830-1971 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1977 Burials 1830-1977 at Archion – images, ($)

Eitra

 * 1830-1917 Baptisms 1830-1917 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1834-1954 Marriages 1834-1954 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1955-2014 Marriages 1955-2014 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1957 Burials 1830-1957 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1958-2016 Burials 1958-2016 at Archion – images, ($)

Sieglos

 * 1830-1899 Baptisms 1830-1899 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1900-2015 Baptisms 1900-2015 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1954 Marriages 1830-1954 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1955-2015 Marriages 1955-2015 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1957 Burials 1830-1957 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1958-2017 Burials 1958-2017 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wippershain 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