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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberlistingen 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 Oberlistingen.

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

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 1665.


 * Church records 1665-1729 are available at the archive.
 * 1729-1830 Church records 1729-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1897 Baptisms 1830-1897 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1898-1996 Baptisms 1898-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1929 Marriages 1830-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1930-1995 Marriages 1930-1995 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1914 Burials 1830-1914 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1915-1996 Burials 1915-1996 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberlistingen 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