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

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

Place Names
The best gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Reinhards.

Church Records
Church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Evangelical Church 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 Lutheran residents of Reinhards belonged to the parishes of Schlüchtern from 1782-1818 and Steinau before 1782.

Reformed
The parish of Reinhards was established in 1848. Prior to 1848, Reinhards belonged to the parish of Hintersteinau.


 * baptisms 1848-1997
 * confirmations 1848-1998
 * marriages 1848-1995
 * burials 1848-1996

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Reinhards began in October 1874.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Compiled Genealogies.

Societies and Libraries
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Family History Society for Nassau and Frankfurt Hessen State Archives Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck