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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberdorfelden 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 Oberdorfelden.

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

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.

Oberdorfelden
Church records begin in 1784.


 * 1820-1830 Church records 1820-1830 at Archion – images($)
 * 1820-1830 Baptisms 1820-1830 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1938 Baptisms 1830-1938 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1983 Confirmations 1831-1983 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1984 Marriages 1830-1984 at Archion – images($)
 * 1820-1830 Burials 1820-1830 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1983 Burials 1830-1983 at Archion – images($)

Niederdorfelden
The Lutheran parish of Niederdorfelden was established in 1784.


 * 1784-1818 Church records 1784-1818 at Archion - images($); includes Oberdorfelden

Niederdorfelden
Church records begin in 1693.


 * 1693-1797 Church records 1693-1797 at Archion - images($)
 * 1798-1830 Church records 1798-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1902 Baptisms 1830-1902 at Archion - images($)
 * 1695-1725 Confirmations 1695-1725 at Archion - images($); includes Oberdorfelden
 * 1831-1938 Marriages 1831-1938 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1939 Burials 1830-1939 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberdorfelden 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