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

Guide to Lohne 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
Lohne 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 Lohne.

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

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
Church records begin in 1633.


 * 1633-1769 Church records 1633-1769 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms start in 1715
 * 1770-1874 Church records 1770-1874 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms start in 1869
 * 1857-1894 Additional church records 1857-1894 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1770-1869 Baptisms and confirmations 1770-1869 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1872 Baptisms 1830-1872 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1874 Baptisms illegitimate 1858-1874 at Archion - images, ($); includes matters of guardianship
 * 1864-1889 Additional baptisms 1864-1889 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1873-1978 Baptisms 1873-1978 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1978 Confirmations 1831-1978 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1927 Marriages 1830-1927 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1902 Burials 1830-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Lohne 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