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

Guide to Raboldshausen 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
Raboldshausen 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 Raboldshausen.

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

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.

Raboldshausen
Church records begin in 1691.


 * 1691-1734 Church records 1691-1734 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1735-1769 Church records 1735-1769 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1770-1830 Church records 1770-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1885 Baptisms 1830-1885 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1985 Confirmations 1831-1985 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1920 Marriages 1831-1920 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1909 Burials 1830-1909 at Archion – images, ($)

Grebenhagen

 * 1770-1830 Church records 1770-1830 at Archion – images, ($)

Mühlbach

 * 1770-1830 Church records 1770-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1940 Baptisms 1830-1885 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-1985 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1984 Marriages 1831-1920 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-1909 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Raboldshausen 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