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

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

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Ramholz.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Ramholz and Sannerz belonged to the parish of Mottgers.

Ramholz
The parish of Ramholz was established in 1660. Prior to 1660, Ramholz belonged to the parish of Mottgers.


 * 1660-1717 Church records 1660-1717 at Archion - images($) Also, see Mottgers records through 1663.
 * 1700-1735 Church records 1700-1735 at Archion - images($) (Confirmations from 1700-1830 are incomplete.)
 * 1735-1801 Church records 1735-1801 at Archion - images($)
 * 1802-1830 Church records 1802-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1741-1801 Baptisms 1741-1801 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1886 Baptisms 1831-1886 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1972 Confirmations 1831-1972 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1875 Marriages 1831-1875 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1959 Marriages 1831-1959 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1962 Burials 1831-1962 at Archion - images($)

Sannerz
The Reformed residents of Sannerz belonged to the parishes of Ramholz after 1660 and Mottgers before 1660. Church records for Sannerz from 1650-1830 are incomplete. See Ramholz for records after 1830.


 * 1850-1949 Church records 1850-1949 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ramholz 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