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

Guide to Wabern 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
Wabern 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 Wabern.

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

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 1644.


 * 1644-1751 Church records 1644-1751 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1751-1800 Church records 1751-1800 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1830 Church records 1801-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1864 Baptisms 1830-1864 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1865-1905 Baptisms 1865-1905 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1905-1953 Baptisms 1905-1953 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1915 Confirmations 1831-1915 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1916-1961 Confirmations 1916-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1889 Marriages 1830-1889 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1890-1957 Marriages 1890-1957 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1887 Burials 1830-1887 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1887-1946 Burials 1887-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-1978 Burials 1946-1978 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1863-1873 Extract of church records 1863-1876 at Archion - images, ($); associated notebook, lighter images
 * 1863-1873 Extract of church records 1863-1876 at Archion - images, ($); associated notebook, darker images
 * 1857-1878 Extract of baptisms 1857-1878 at Archion - images, ($); record kept by the teacher
 * 1857-1878 Extract of marriages 1857-1878 at Archion - images, ($); record kept by the teacher, darker images
 * 1857-1878 Extract of marriages 1857-1878 at Archion - images, ($); record kept by the teacher, lighter images
 * 1857-1878 Extract of burials 1857-1878 at Archion - images, ($); record kept by the teacher, darker images
 * 1857-1878 Extract of burials 1857-1878 at Archion - images, ($); record kept by the teacher, lighter images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wabern 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