Nentershausen Parish (Kr. Rotenburg), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Nentershausen 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 Nentershausen.

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

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.

Nentershausen
Church records begin in 1638.


 * 1638-1698 Church records 1638-1698 at Archion - images ($); also includes Blankenbach and Machtlos
 * 1698-1787 Church records 1698-1787 at Archion - images ($); includes Blankenbach, Machtlos, and Tannenberg
 * 1788-1830 Church records 1788-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1873 Baptisms 1830-1873 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1874-1943 Baptisms 1874-1943 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1965 Confirmations 1831-1965 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1933 Marriages 1830-1933 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1909 Burials 1830-1909 at Archion - images ($)

Dens

 * 1675-1767 Church records 1675-1767 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1767-1830 Church records 1767-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1921 Baptisms 1830-1921 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1996 Marriages 1830-1996 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1993 Burials 1830-1993 at Archion - images ($)

Weissenhasel

 * 1767-1830 Church records 1767-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1909 Baptisms 1830-1909 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1949 Marriages 1830-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1956 Burials 1830-1956 at Archion - images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.

Nentershausen
The Jewish community of Nentershausen included Jewish residents from Imshausen and Solz.


 * 1829-1934 Marriages 1829-1934 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1827-1901 Births 1827-1901 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1827-1914 Deaths 1827-1914 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1847-1933 Cemetery register 1847-1933 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; created in 1943

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Nentershausen 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