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

Guide to Zwesten 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
Zwesten 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 Zwesten.

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

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 1606.


 * 1606-1611, 1636-1654 Church records 1606-1611, 1636-1654 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1654-1729 Church records 1654-1729 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1783-1821 Church records 1783-1821 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1822-1830 Church records 1822-1830 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1730-1783 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1730-1783 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1830-1871 Baptisms 1830-1871 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1857-1882 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1857-1882 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1872-1956 Baptisms 1872-1956 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1730-1782 Confirmations and burials 1730-1782 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1830-1945 Confirmations 1830-1945 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1830-1900 Marriages 1830-1900 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1901-1983 Marriages 1901-1983 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1830-1877 Burials 1830-1877 at Archion- images, ($)
 * 1877-1994 Burials 1877-1994 at Archion- images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Zwesten 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