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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Ronshausen 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 Ronshausen.

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

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.

Ronshausen
Church records begin in 1617.


 * 1617-1713 Church records 1617-1713 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1714-1773 Church records 1714-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1773-1809 Church records 1773-1809 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1810-1835 Church records 1810-1835 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1876 Baptisms 1830-1876 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1909 Baptisms 1876-1909 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1949 Confirmations 1831-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1898 Marriages 1830-1898 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1881 Burials 1830-1881 at Archion - images ($)

Hönebach

 * 1705-1775 Church records 1705-1775 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1776-1823 Church records 1776-1823 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1824-1830 Church records 1824-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1705-1812 Second copy of baptisms 1705-1812 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1830-1895 Baptisms 1830-1895 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1892 Second copy of baptisms 1858-1892 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1935 Marriages 1830-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1918 Burials 1830-1918 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1705-1830 Index of church records 1705-1830 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ronshausen 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