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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Wasenberg 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 Wasenberg.

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

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.

Wasenberg
Church records begin in 1572.


 * 1572-1714 Church records 1572-1714 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1714-1769 Church records 1714-1769 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1770-1812 Church records 1770-1812 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1813-1830 Church records 1813-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1857 Baptisms 1830-1857 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1858-1900 Baptisms 1858-1900 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1901-1968 Baptisms 1901-1968 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1965 Confirmations 1831-1965 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1868 Marriages 1830-1868 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1869-1947 Marriages 1869-1947 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1892 Burials 1830-1892 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1849-1852 Burials 1849-1852 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1893-1972 Burials 1893-1972 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wasenberg 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