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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberschönau 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 Oberschönau.

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

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.

Oberschönau
Church records begin in 1672.


 * 1672-1811 Church records 1672-1811 at Archion – images($)
 * 1767-1830 Church records 1767-1830 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1885 Baptisms 1830-1885 at Archion – images($)
 * 1886-1952 Baptisms 1886-1952 at Archion – images($)
 * 1831-1999 Confirmations 1830-1999 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1920 Marriages 1830-1920 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1909 Burials 1830-1909 at Archion – images($)
 * 1712-1830 Index of church records 1712-1830 at Archion – images($); Oberschönau and Unterschönau were included with Steinbach parish.

Unterschönau

 * 1830-1914 Baptisms 1830-1914 at Archion – images($)
 * 1831-1999 Confirmations 1831-1999 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1968 Marriages 1830-1968 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1954 Burials 1830-1954 at Archion – images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberschönau 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