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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Amönau 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 Amönau.

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

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.

Amönau
Church records begin in 1830.


 * 1830-1879 a Church records 1830-1879 a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1877-1938 Baptisms 1877-1938 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1875-1954 Confirmations 1875-1954 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1880-1952 Burials 1880-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1879 b Index of church records 1830-1879 b at Archion - images, ($)

Oberndorf

 * 1830-1899 a Church records 1830-1899 a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1899 b Index of church records 1830-1899 b at Archion - images, ($)

Warzenbach

 * 1830-1878 a Church records 1830-1878 a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1867-1956 Confirmations 1867-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1866-1946 Marriages 1866-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1968 Burials 1884-1968 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1878 b Index of church records 1830-1878 b at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Amönau 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