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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Vaake 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 Vaake.

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

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.

Vaake
Church records begin in 1635.


 * 1635-1729 Church records 1635-1729 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1727-1763 Church records 1727-1763 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1764-1773 Church records 1764-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1774-1800 Church records 1774-1800 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1801-1831 Church records 1801-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1877 Church records 1857-1877 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1878 Baptisms 1830-1878 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1879-1954 Baptisms 1879-1954 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1980 Confirmations 1831-1980 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1920 Marriages 1830-1920 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1920-1999 Marriages 1920-1999 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1896 Burials 1830-1896 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1897-2013 Burials 1897-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Veckerhagen

 * 1774-1800 Church records 1774-1800 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1801-1831 Church records 1801-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1851 Baptisms 1830-1851 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1851-1876 Baptisms 1851-1876 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1877-1911 Baptisms 1877-1911 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1912-1987 Baptisms 1912-1987 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1901 Confirmations 1831-1901 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1902-1983 Confirmations 1902-1983 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1875 Marriages 1830-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1875-1935 Marriages 1875-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1935-1994 Marriages 1935-1994 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1862 Burials 1830-1862 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1863-1908 Burials 1863-1908 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1909-2013 Burials 1909-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Vaake 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