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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Vöhl 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 Vöhl.

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

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 1618.


 * 1618-1662 Church records 1618-1662 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1673-1776 Church records 1673-1776 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1777-1811 Church records 1777-1811 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1809-1836 Baptisms 1809-1836 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1836-1851 Baptisms 1836-1851 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1867 Baptisms 1851-1867 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1868-1875 Baptisms 1868-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1964 Baptisms 1876-1964 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1809-1875 Confirmations 1809-1875 at Archion - images, ($), see also confirmation records 1831-1875 in the parish of Oberwerba
 * 1876-1956 Confirmations 1876-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1809-1875 Marriages 1809-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1966 Marriages 1876-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1809-1850 Burials 1809-1850 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1850 Burials 1850 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1871 Burials 1851-1871 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1872-1875 Burials 1872-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1997 Burials 1876-1997 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1618-1776 Index of confirmations and marriages 1618-1776 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1618-1776 Index of burials 1618-1776 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Vöhl 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