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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Lohra 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 Lohra.

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

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.

Lohra
Church records begin in 1624.


 * 1624-1773 Church records 1624-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1734-1773 Church records 1734-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1838 Church records 1830-1838 at Archion - images ($); notebook, entries out of order
 * 1830-1949 Church records 1830-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1874 Baptisms 1830-1874 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1872-1942 Marriages 1872-1942 at Archion - images ($)

Altenvers

 * 1770-1830 Church records 1770-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1941 Church records 1830-1941 at Archion - images ($)

Damm

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1941 Church records 1830-1941 at Arcion - images ($)

Nanzhausen

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1936 Church records 1830-1936 at Archion - images ($)

Reimershausen

 * 1772-1830 Church records 1772-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1941 Church records 1830-1941 at Archion - images ($); only confirmations after 1876
 * 1873-1998 Church records 1873-1998 at Archion - images ($)

Rollshausen

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1941 church records 1830-1941 at Archion - images ($); only confirmations after 1871
 * 1872-1950 Church records 1872-1950 at Archion - images ($)

Seelbach

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1941 Church records 1830-1941 at Archion - images ($)

Willershausen

 * 1830-1940 Church records 1830-1940 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Lohra 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