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

Guide to Abterode 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
Abterode 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 Abterode.

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

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.

Abterode
Church records begin in 1630.


 * 1630-1716 Church records 1630-1716 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1716-1794 Church records 1716-1794 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1794-1830 Church records 1794-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1869 Baptisms 1830-1869 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1870-1903 Baptisms 1870-1903 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1904-1987 Baptisms 1904-1987 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1962 Confirmations 1830-1962 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1908 Marriages 1830-1908 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1909-1997 Marriages 1909-1997 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1877 Burials 1830-1877 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1971 Burials 1878-1971 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1971-2018 Burials 1971-2018 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1630-1716 Index church records 1630-1716 at Archion - images, ($)

Vockerode

 * 1716-1794 Church records 1716-1794 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1794-1830 Church records 1794-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1902 Baptisms 1830-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1857-1906 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1857-1906 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-2017 Baptisms 1903-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2017 Confirmations 1831-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1939 Marriages 1830-1939 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1939-2017 Marriages 1939-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1902 Burials 1830-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1902-2017 Burials 1902-2017 at Archion - images, ($)

Wellingerode (near Abterode)

 * 1794-1830 Church records 1794-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Baptisms 1830-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2026 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2010 Marriages 1831-2010 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2016 Burials 1830-2016 at Archion - images, ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1809-1813 Births, confirmations, marriages, deaths, admissions and departures 1809-1813 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1824-1851 Births 1824-1851 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes Vockerode
 * 1852-1936 Births 1852-1936 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1829-1852 Marriages 1829-1852 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1852-1935 Marriages 1852-1935 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1889, 1892 Marriages 1889, 1892 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes 2 documents, 1889 (Abterode) and 1892 (Wolfhagen)
 * 1824-1852 Deaths 1824-1852 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1852-1937 Deaths 1852-1937 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1731-1823 List of Jewish inhabitants 1731-1823 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes Bergfreiheit and Vockerode
 * 1745-1824 List of Jewish inhabitants 1745-1824 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes Frankershausen
 * 1745-1824 Copy of list of Jewish inhabitants 1745-1824 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; hand-written copy, includes Frankershausen

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Abterode Parish 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