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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Niederwalgern 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 Niederwalgern.

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

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.

Niederwalgern
The parish of Niederwalgern was established in 1613. Church records begin in 1675. Early records for villages in this parish might be found in the church records of Oberweimar and Fronhausen.


 * 1675-1802 Church records 1675-1802 at Archion - images($)
 * 1675-1802 Church records 1675-1802 at Archion - images($); also includes Etzelmühle, table of contents (image 1704)
 * 1801-1906 Church records 1801-1906 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1914 Church records 1830-1914 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1923 Church records 1830-1923 at Archion - images($)

Hozhausen

 * 1831-1998 Church records 1831-1998 at Archion - images($); see also Oberwlgern records (below) for records prior to 1831

Oberwalgern
Prior to 1660, Oberwalgern belonged to the parish of Fronhausen.


 * 1774-1929 Church records 1774-1929 at Archion - images($); includes Holzhausen and Stedebach; entries after 1830 are duplicate entries of the separate church books
 * 1830-1959 Church records 1830-1959 at Archion - images($); baptisms and confirmations
 * 1830-1964 Church records 1830-1964 at Archion - images($); marriages and burials

Stedebach

 * 1830-1997 Church records 830-1997 at Archion - images($)
 * 1834-1984 Marriages 1834-1984 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niederwalgern 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