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

Mecklar

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Waldkappel 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 Mecklar.

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

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.

Mecklar
Church records begin in 1657.


 * 1657-1702 Church records 1657-1702 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1701-1790 Church records 1701-1790 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1791-1825 Church records 1791-1825 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1826-1831 Church records 1826-1831 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1902 Baptisms 1830-1902 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-2002 Baptisms 1903-2002 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1969 Confirmations 1831-1969 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1932 Marriages 1831-1932 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1833-2016 Marriages 1933-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1930 Burials 1830-1930 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1930-2017 Burials 1930-2017 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1701-1790 Church record index 1701-1790 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Mecklar 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