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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberrieden 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 Oberrieden.

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

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.

Oberrieden
Church records begin in 1668.


 * 1668-1775 Church records 1668-1775 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1723-1830 Church records 1723-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1900 Baptisms 1830-1900 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1857-1876, 1898 Copy of baptisms, marriages, burials 1857-1876, 1898 at Archion - images, ($); records kept by school teacher
 * 1900-2018 Baptisms 1900-2018 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1932 Marriages 1830-1932 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1938-2018 Marriages 1938-2018 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1930 Burials 1830-1930 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1931-2018 Burials 1931-2018 at Archion - images, ($)

Wendershausen

 * 1770-1830 Church records 1770-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1924 Baptisms 1830-1924 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1956 Marriages 1830-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2012 Burials 1830-2012 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberrieden 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