Bischhausen Parish (Kr. Eschwege), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Bischhausen 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 Bischhausen.

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

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.

Bischhausen
Church records begin in 1641.


 * 1641-1679 Church records 1641-1679 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1679-1734 Church records 1679-1734 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1734-1777 Church records 1734-1777 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1776-1822 Church records 1776-1822 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1810-1876 Church records 1810-1876 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1831 Church records 1822-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1869 Baptisms 1830-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1869-1927 Baptisms 1869-1927 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1950 Confirmations 1831-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1892 Marriages 1830-1892 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1892-2000 Marriages 1892-2000 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1878 Burials 1830-1878 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1879-1982 Burials 1879-1982 at Archion - images ($)

Kirchhosbach

 * 1776-1831 Church records 1776-1831 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Bischhausen 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