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

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

Place Names
The best gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Weichersbach.

Church Records
Church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Evangelical Church 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
The Lutheran residents of Weichersbach belonged to the parish of Mottgers.

Reformed
The parish of Weichersbach was established in 1773. Prior to 1773, Weichersbach belonged to the parish of Mottgers.


 * church records 1773-1817 ($) Also, see Mottgers records through 1830.
 * baptisms 1830-1876 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1998 ($)
 * marriages 1830-1953 ($)
 * burials 1830-1933 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Weichersbach began in October 1874.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Compiled Genealogies.

Societies and Libraries
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Family History Society for Nassau and Frankfurt Hessen State Archives Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck