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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rommershausen 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 Rommershausen.

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

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.

Rommershausen
Church records begin in 1710.


 * 1710-1772 Church records 1710-1772 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1854 Church records 1830-1854 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1851-1875 Church records 1851-1875 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1876-1973 Church records 1876-1973 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1905-2009 Confirmations 1905-2009 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1788-1863 Marriage banns 1788-1863 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1901-2009 Marriages 1901-2009 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1974-2009 Burials 1974-2009 at Archion – images ($)

Dittershausen

 * 1830-1865 Church records 1830-1865 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1866-1893 Church records 1866-1893 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1894-1975 Church records 1894-1975 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1976-2008 Burials 1976-2008 at Archion – images ($)

Frankenhain

 * 1699-1705 Church records 1699-1705 at Archion – images ($) Also, see Treysa for records prior to 1745.
 * 1705-1745 Church records 1705-1745 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1745-1830 Church records 1745-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1885 Church records 1830-1885 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1863-1973 Church records 1863-1973 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1905-2008 Marriages 1905-2008 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1931-2009 Burials 1931-2009 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rommershausen 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