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

Guide to Oberaula 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
Oberaula 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 Oberaula.

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

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.

Oberaula
Church records begin in 1574.


 * 1574-1631 Church records 1574-1631 at Archion - images ($)
 * Church records 1632-1641 are available at the archive
 * 1641-1674 Church records 1641-1674 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1674-1683 Church records 1674-1683 at Archion - images ($)
 * Church records 1684-1694 are available at the archive
 * 1694-1756 Church records 1694-1756 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1757-1773 Church records 1757-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1774-1820 Church records 1774-1820 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1821-1833 Church records 1821-1833 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1908 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1908 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1952 Baptisms 1864-1952 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1909-1978 Confirmations 1909-1978 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1863 Marriages and burials 1830-1863 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1926 Marriages and burials 1864-1926 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1927-1987 Marriages and burials 1927-1987 at Archion - images ($)

Christerode
For church records 1683-1773, see the parish of Olberode.


 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1857 Church records 1830-1857 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1858-1909 Church records 1858-1909 at Archion – images, ($)

Friedigerode

 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1861 Church records 1830-1861 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1861-1914 Church records 1861-1914 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1915-1987 Church records 1915-1987 at Archion – images, ($)

Hauptschwenda
1574-1694 Oberaula records for Hauptschwenda include gaps. For church records 1695-1774, see the parish of Olberode.


 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1863 Church records 1830-1863 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1938 Church records 1864-1938 at Archion – images, ($)

Weissenborn
For church records 1695-1773, see the parish of Olberode.



Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberaula 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