Holzhausen Parish (Kr. Kirchhain), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Holzhausen 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 Holzhausen.

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

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.

Rauisch Holzhausen

 * 1656-1830 Church records 1656-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1871 Church records 1830-1871 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1872-1897 Church records 1872-1897 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1898-1946 Church records 1898-1946 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1788-1830 Baptisms 1788-1830 at Archion – images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish residents of Holzhausen belonged to the Marburg synagogue community.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Holzhausen 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