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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberelsungen 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 Oberelsungen.

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

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 1642.


 * Church records 1642-1677 are available at the archive.
 * 1678-1744 Church records 1678-1744 at Archion - images($)
 * 1748-1797 Church records 1748-1797 at Archion - images($)
 * 1798-1830 Church records 1798-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1888 Baptisms 1830-1888 at Archion - images($)
 * 1889-1993 Baptisms 1889-1993 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1951 Confirmations 1831-1951 at Archion - images($)
 * 1790-1833 Marriages 1790-1833 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1928 Marriages 1830-1928 at Archion - images($)
 * 1834-1873 Marriages 1834-1873 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1929 Burials 1830-1929 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberelsungen 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