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

Guide to Wassmuthshausen 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
Wassmuthshausen 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 Wassmuthshausen.

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

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.


 * 1623-1686 Church records 1623-1686 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1696-1765 Church records 1696-1765 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1766-1772 Church records 1766-1772 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1830-1888 Church records 1830-1888 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wassmuthshausen 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