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

Guide to Remsfeld 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
Remsfeld 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 Remsfeld.

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

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 1651.


 * 1651-1773 Church records 1651-1773 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1651-1773 Baptisms 1651-1773 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1925 Baptisms 1830-1925 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1973 Confirmations 1831-1973 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1651-1773 Marriages 1651-1773 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1941 Marriages 1830-1941 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1974 Burials 1830-1974 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Remsfeld 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