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

Guide to Witzenhausen 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
Witzenhausen 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 Witzenhausen.

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

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.

Witzenhausen
Church records begin in 1629.


 * 1628-1680 Church records 1628-1680 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1663-1721 Church records 1663-1721 at Archion - images, ($); also records from Bischhausen and Unterrieden
 * 1667-1714 Church records 1667-1714 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1715-1746 Baptisms, confirmations, marriages 1715-1746 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1747-1765 Baptisms, confirmations, marriages 1747-1765 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1765-1801 Baptisms, confirmations, marriages 1765-1801 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1821 Baptisms, confirmations, marriages 1801-1821 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1830 Baptisms, confirmations, marriages 1822-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1843 Baptisms 1830-1843 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1844-1862 Baptisms 1844-1862 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1862-1879 Baptisms 1862-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1879-1894 Baptisms 1879-1894 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1894-1930 Baptisms 1894-1930 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1870 Confirmations 1831-1870 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1871-1921 Confirmations 1871-1921 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1922-1956 Confirmations 1922-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1850 Marriages 1830-1850 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1880 Marriages 1851-1880 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1880-1920 Marriages 1880-1920 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1921-1956 Marriages 1921-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1722-1781 Burials 1722-1781 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1780-1830 Burials 1780-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1853 Burials 1830-1853 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1853-1898 Burials 1853-1898 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1899-1919 Burials 1899-1919 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1920-1948 Burials 1920-1948 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1949-1966 Burials 1949-1966 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1966-1983 Burials 1966-1983 at Archion - images, ($)

Bischhausen

 * 1761-1830 Church records 1761-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1905 Church records 1830-1905 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1905-1959 Church records 1905-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1959-1970 Church records 1959-1970 at Archion - images, ($)

Unterrieden

 * 1830-1935 Baptisms 1830-1935 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1865-1880 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1865-1880 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1951 Marriages 1830-1951 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1952-2018 Marriages 1952-2018 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1983 Burials 1830-1983 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1984-2018 Burials 1984-2018 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Witzenhausen 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