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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Neustadt 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 Neustadt.

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

Catholic
Church records begin in 1669.


 * 1669-1973 Church records 1669-1973 at Matricula Online - images; includes Momberg until 1756, also includes Lutheran residents until 1843.

Lutheran
The Protestant 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.

Neustadt
Prior to 1854, records for the Lutheran residents of Neustadt were included in the Catholic church records of Neustadt.


 * 1854-1921 Church records 1854-1921 at Archion - images($)
 * 1893-1985 Baptisms and burials 1893-1985 at Archion - images($)
 * Baptisms 1958-1985 are available at the archive

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Neustadt 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