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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Westuffeln 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 Westuffeln.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1605.


 * 1605-1718 Church records 1605-1718 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1633-1680 Church records 1633-1680 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1672-1719 Church records 1672-1719 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1672-1719 Copy of church records 1672-1719 at Archion - images ($); handwritten copy from much later date
 * 1720-1766 Church records 1720-1766 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1766-1816 Church records 1766-1816 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1817-1830 Church records 1817-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1886 Baptisms 1830-1886 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1886-2007 Baptisms 1886-2007 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1985 Confirmations 1831-1985 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1875 Marriage banns 1830-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1925 Marriages 1830-1925 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1926-2013 Marriages 1926-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1924 Burials 1830-1924 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1925-2013 Burials 1925-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Westuffeln 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