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

Guide to Wohra 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
Wohra 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 Wohra.

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

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.

Wohra
Church records begin in 1624.


 * 1624-1708 Church records 1624-1708 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1701-1800 Church records 1701-1800 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1801-1830 Church records 1801-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1871 Baptisms 1830-1871 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1872-1999 Baptisms 1872-1999 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1925 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1925 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1882 Burials 1830-1882 at Archion – images, ($)

Langendorf

 * 1801-1830 Church records 1801-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1927 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1927 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1922 Marriages and burials 1830-1922 at Archion – images, ($)

Schiffelbach

 * 1624-1793 Church records 1624-1708 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1793-1830 Church records 1701-1800 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1936 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1927 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1936 Marriages and burials 1830-1922 at Archion – images, ($)

Mennonite

 * 1792-1829 Church records 1792-1829 at Archion – images, ($)

Reformed
Reformed residents of Wohra belonged to the Reformed parish of Rauschenberg.

Wohra

 * 1830-1882 Church records 1830-1882 at Archion – images, ($)

Schiffelbach

 * 1804-1830 Church records 1792-1829 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1927 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1933 Marriages and burials 1830-1922 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Wohra 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