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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Reichensachsen 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 Reichensachsen.

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

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.

Reichensachsen
Church records begin in 1639.


 * Church records 1639-1652 are available at the archive.
 * 1653-1765 Church records 1653-1765 at Archion - images($)
 * 1765-1791 Church records 1765-1791 at Archion - images($)
 * 1765-1814 Church records 1765-1814 at Archion - images($)
 * 1815-1830 Church records 1815-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1867-1877 Copy of church records 1867-1877 at Archion - images($); baptisms and burials, also includes Wipperode
 * 1877-1879 Copy of church records 1877-1879 at Archion - images($); baptisms, also includes Wipperode
 * 1830-1867 Baptisms 1830-1867 at Archion - images($)
 * 1868-1900 Baptisms 1868-1900 at Archion - images($)
 * 1901-1941 Baptisms 1901-1941 at Archion - images($)
 * 1654-1765 Confirmations and Burials 1654-1765 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1909 Confirmations 1831-1909 at Archion - images($)
 * 1910-1972 Confirmations 1910-1972 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1887 Marriages 1830-1887 at Archion - images($)
 * 1888-1929 Marriages 1888-1929 at Archion - images($)
 * 1930-1961 Marriages 1930-1961 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1882 Burials 1830-1882 at Archion - images($)
 * 1882-1945 Burials 1882-1945 at Archion - images($)
 * 1945-1996 Burials 1945-1996 at Archion - images($)
 * 1653-1814 Index of church records 1653-1814 at Archion - images($)

Langenhain

 * 1831-2018 Confirmations 1831-2018 at Archion - images($); see also Reichensachsen church records above
 * 1830-2018 Burials 1830-2018 at Archion - images($); see also Reichensachsen church records above

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Reichensachsen 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