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

Guide to Obergude 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
Obergude 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 Obergude.

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

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.

Obergude
Church records begin in 1720.


 * 1720-1770 Church records are in the archives
 * 1771-1853 Church records 1771-1853 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1744-1810 Baptisms 1744-1810 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1985 Baptisms 1830-1985 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1995 Marriages 1830-1995 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1996 Burials 1830-1996 at Archion – images, ($)

Landefeld

 * 1771-1853 Church records 1771-1853 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2001 Baptisms 1830-2001 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2004 Confirmations 1831-2004 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2000 Marriages 1831-2000 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2003 Burials 1830-2003 at Archion – images, ($)

Metzebach

 * 1771-1853 Church records 1771-1853 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2003 Baptisms 1830-2003 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2002 Confirmations 1831-2002 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2003 Marriages 1830-2003 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2004 Burials 1831-2004 at Archion – images, ($)

Nausis

 * 1771-1853 Church records 1771-1853 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2004 Baptisms 1830-2004 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2004 Confirmations 1831-2004 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2001 Marriages 1830-2001 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2004 Burials 1830-2004 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Obergude 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