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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Neuhof 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 Neuhof.

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

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
The Lutheran parish of Neuhof was established in 1877.


 * 1877-1960 Baptisms 1877-1960 at Archion - images($)
 * 1877-1887 Confirmations 1877-1887 at Archion - images($)
 * 1898-1967 Confirmations 1898-1967 at Archion - images($)
 * 1878-1988 Marriages 1878-1988 at Archion - images($)
 * 1877-1981 Burials 1877-1981 at Archion - images($)
 * 1981-2001 Burials 1981-2001 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Neuhof 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