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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wollrode 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 Wollrode.

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

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.

Wollrode
Church records begin in 1597.


 * 1597-1720 Church records 1597-1720 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1721-1774 Church records 1721-1774 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1773-1818 Church records 1773-1818 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1819-1830 Church records 1819-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1945 Baptisms 1830-1945 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-2004 Confirmations 1831-2004 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1963 Marriages 1831-1963 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-2004 Burials 1830-2004 at Archion – images ($)

Albshausen

 * 1831-1967 Baptisms 1831-1967 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1967 Confirmations 1831-1967 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1967 Marriages 1830-1967 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-2004 Burials 1830-2004 at Archion – images ($)

Körle

 * 1773-1813 Church records 1773-1813 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1814-1830 Church records 1814-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1843-1847 Church records 1843-1847 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1873 Baptisms and burials 1830-1873 at Archion – images ($); notebook for temporary entries
 * 1830-1884 Baptisms 1830-1884 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1847-1867 Baptisms 1847-1867 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1858-1891 Baptisms and marriages 1858-1891 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1885-1979 Baptisms 1885-1979 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1979 Confirmations 1831-1979 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1933 Marriages 1830-1933 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1926 Burials 1830-1926 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1849-1875 Burials 1849-1875 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wollrode 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