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

Guide to Wetter 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
Wetter 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 Wetter.

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

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.

Wetter
Church records begin in

Mellnau

 * 1651-1773 Church records 1651-1773 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1942 Church records 1830-1942 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1888-1910 Church records 1888-1910 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1891 Baptisms 1830-1891 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1901-1955 Marriages 1901-1955 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1888 Burials 1830-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1888-1972 Burials 1888-1972 at Archion - images, ($)

Niederwetter

 * 1817-1861 Church records 1817-1861 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1929 Church records 1830-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1862-1903 Church records 1862-1903 at Archion - images, ($)

Todenhausen
The French colony of Todenhausen belonged to the Reformed parish of Münchhausen.


 * 1817-1888 Church records 1817-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1917 Church records 1830-1917 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1957 Church records 1830-1957 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wetter 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