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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Riede 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 Riede.

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

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 parish of Riede was established in 1688. Prior to 1688, Riede belonged to the parish of Merxhausen.


 * 1688-1785 Church records 1688-1785 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1781-1815 Church records 1781-1815 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1816-1830 Church records 1816-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1898 Extract of church records 1858-1898 at Archion - images, ($); record kept by teacher

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Riede 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