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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Winnen 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 Winnen.

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

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.

Winnen
Church records begin in 1709.


 * 1709-1773 Church records 1709-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1773-1831 Church records 1773-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1952 Church records 1830-1952 at Archion - images ($)

Nordeck

 * 1773-1831 Church records 1773-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1951 a Church records 1830-1951 a at Archion - images ($); baptisms and marriages
 * 1830-1951 b Church records 1830-1951 b at Archion - images ($); confirmations and burials

Wermertshausen

 * 1773-1831 Church records 1773-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1952 Church records 1830-1952 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Winnen 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