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

Guide to Viermünden 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
Viermünden 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 Viermünden.

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

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 1623.


 * 1623-1656 Church records 1623-1656 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1657-1685 Church records 1657-1685 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1686-1838 Church records 1686-1838 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1961 Baptisms 1830-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1927 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1927 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1983 Burials 1830-1983 at Archion - images, ($)

Ederbringhausen

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($); includes Oberorke, Niederoke, Bringhausen and Treisbach.
 * 1830-1976 Baptisms 1830-1976 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2014 Confirmations 1830-2014 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2010 Marriages 1830-2010 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2014 Burials 1830-2014 at Archion - images, ($)

Niederorke

 * 1831-2013 Baptisms and confirmations 1831-2013 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2012 Marriages and burials 1830-2012 at Archion - images, ($)

Oberorke

 * 1830-2014 Baptisms and marriages 1830-2014 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2013 Confirmations and burials 1831-2013 at Archion - images, ($)

Reformed
The Reformed residents of Viermünden belonged to the Reformed parish of Frankenberg.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Viermünden 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