Melsungen Parishes, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Melsungen 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 Melsungen.

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

Locations within Melsungen
Melsungen parish I included Kirchhof and Obermelsungen. Melsungen parish II included Röhrenfurth and Schwarzenberg.

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.

Melsungen parish I
Church records begin in 1618. This parish included Kirchhof and Obermelsungen.


 * 1618-1634 Church records 1618-1634 at Archion – images, ($); dark images
 * 1618-1659 Abstract of church records 1618-1659 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1619-1634 Church records 1619-1634 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1659-1721 Church records 1659-1721 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1721-1769 Church records 1721-1769 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1770-1815 Church records 1770-1815 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1638-1659 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1638-1659 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1815-1830 Baptisms and burials 1815-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1839 Baptisms 1830-1839 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1840-1852 Baptisms 1840-1852 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1865 Baptisms 1852-1865 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1865-1880 Baptisms 1865-1880 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1880-1900 Baptisms 1880-1900 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1900-1932 Baptisms 1900-1932 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1816-1830 Confirmations 1816-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1859 Confirmations 1831-1859 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1860-1918 Confirmations 1860-1918 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1919-1959 Confirmations 1919-1959 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1774-1824 Marriages 1774-1824 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1825-1829 Marriages 1825-1829 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1846 Marriages 1830-1846 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1847-1871 Marriages 1847-1871 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1868-1895 Marriages 1868-1895 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1896-1934 Marriages 1896-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1935-1953 Marriages 1935-1953 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1953-1976 Marriages 1953-1976 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1823-1841 Burials 1823-1841 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1843-1859 Burials 1843-1859 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1860-1876 Burials 1860-1876 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1876-1888 Burials 1876-1888 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1888-1919 Burials 1888-1919 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1920-1968 Burials 1920-1968 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1968-1985 Burials 1968-1985 at Archion – images, ($)


 * 1618-1769 Index of baptisms and marriages 1618-1769 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1770-1830 Index of baptisms 1770-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1659-1814 Index of burials 1659-1814 at Archion – images, ($)

Kirchhof

 * 1730-1759 Church records 1730-1759 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1760-1830 Church records 1760-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1911 Baptisms 1830-1911 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1912-2004 Baptisms 1912-2004 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2004 Confirmations 1831-2004 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1968 Marriages 1830-1968 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1973 Burials 1830-1973 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1974-2003 Burials 1974-2003 at Archion – images, ($)

Obermelsungen

 * 1641-1730 Church records 1641-1730 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1731-1830 Church records 1731-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2004 Baptisms 1830-2004 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2004 Confirmations 1831-2004 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2003 Marriages 1831-2003 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2004 Burials 1831-2004 at Archion – images, ($)

Melsungen parish II
Church records begin in 1717. This parish included Röhrenfurth and Schwarzenberg.


 * 1717-1761 Church records 1717-1761 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1762-1774 Church records 1762-1774 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1774-1792 Baptisms 1774-1792 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1792-1810 Baptisms 1792-1810 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1810-1825 Baptisms 1810-1825 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1825-1834 Baptisms 1825-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1834-1844 Baptisms 1834-1844 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1840-1851 Baptisms 1840-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1844-1858 Baptisms 1844-1858 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1858-1872 Baptisms 1858-1872 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1872-1911 Baptisms 1872-1911 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1912-1935 Baptisms 1912-1935 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1871-1921 Marriages 1871-1921 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1922-1956 Marriages 1922-1956 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1957-1985 Marriages 1957-1985 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1842 Burials 1830-1842 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1842-1855 Burials 1842-1855 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1855-1877 Burials 1855-1877 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1878-1908 Burials 1878-1908 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1909-1958 Burials 1909-1958 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1958-1985 Burials 1958-1985 at Archion – images, ($)

Röhrenfurth
For church records 1717-1761, see Schwarzenberg (below).


 * 1771-1820 Church records 1771-1820 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1821-1830 Church records 1821-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1903 Baptisms 1830-1903 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1904-1997 Baptisms 1904-1997 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1993 Confirmations 1831-1993 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2015 Confirmations 1831-2015 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Marriages 1830-1946 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1946-1993 Marriages 1946-1993 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1973 Burials 1830-1973 at Archion – images, ($)

Schwarzenberg

 * 1717-1761 Church records 1717-1761 at Archion – images, ($); includes Röhrenfurth
 * 1771-1830 Church records 1771-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1993 Baptisms 1830-1993 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2015 Confirmations 1831-2015 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1997 Marriages 1830-1997 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Marriages 1830-2017 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1994 Burials 1830-1994 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-2017 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Melsungen 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