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

Guide to Niddawitzhausen 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
Niddawitzhausen 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 Niddawitzhausen.

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

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.

Niddawitzhausen
Church records begin in 1659.


 * 1659-1741 Church records 1659-1741 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1740-1772 Church records 1740-1772 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1965 Baptisms 1830-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2017 Confirmations 1831-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1989 Marriages 1830-1989 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2000 Burials 1830-2000 at Archion - images, ($)

Eltmannshausen

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1880 Baptisms 1830-1880 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1881-2018 Baptisms 1881-2018 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2017 Confirmations 1831-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1936 Marriages 1830-1936 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1936-2017 Marriages 1936-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1886 Burials 1830-1886 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1887-2017 Burials 1887-2017 at Archion - images, ($)

Weidenhausen

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1860 Baptisms 1830-1860 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1861-1965 Baptisms 1861-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1902 Marriages 1830-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-2017 Marriages 1903-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1871 Burials 1830-1871 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1871-2017 Burials 1871-2017 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niddawitzhausen 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