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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Niederhone 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 Niederhone.

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

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.

Niederhone
Church records begin in 1734.


 * 1734-1778 Church records 1734-1778 at Archion - images($)
 * 1778-1831 Church records 1778-1831 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1881 Baptisms 1830-1881 at Archion - images($)
 * 1881-1933 Baptisms 1881-1933 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1942 Confirmations 1831-1942 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1903 Marriages 1830-1903 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1950 Marriages 1903-1950 at Archion - images($)
 * 1950-2017 Marriages 1950-2017 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1893 Burials 1830-1893 at Archion - images($)
 * 1893-1974 Burials 1893-1974 at Archion - images($)
 * 1975-2018 Burials 1975-2018 at Archion - images($)

Oberhone

 * 1778-1831 Church records 1778-1831 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1907 Baptisms 1830-1907 at Archion - images($)
 * 1907-2018 Baptisms 1907-2018 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1981 Confirmations 1831-1981 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1936 Marriages 1830-1936 at Archion - images($)
 * 1937-2018 Marriages 1937-2018 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1947 Burials 1830-1947 at Archion - images($)
 * 1948-2001 Burials 1948-2001 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niederhone 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