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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Münchhausen 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 Münchhausen.

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

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.

Münchhausen
Church records begin in 1651. The Lutheran parish included the Lutheran residents of Ernsthausen, Roda, Simtshausen, and Schlagpfütze.


 * 1651-1703 Church records 1651-1703 at Archion - images($)
 * 1703-1763 Church records 1703-1763 at Archion - images($)
 * 1764-1808 a Church records 1764-1808 a at Archion - images($); baptisms
 * 1764-1808 b Church records 1764-1808 b at Archion - images($); confirmations, marriages and burials
 * 1809-1869 Church records 1809-1869 at Archion - images($); with gaps; includes family books for Münchhausen and Simtshausen after 1830
 * 1830-1866 a Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1866 a at Archion - images($)
 * 1867-1910 a Baptisms and confirmations 1867-1910 a at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1866 b Marriages and burials 1830-1866 b at Archion - images($)
 * 1867-1910 b Marriages and burials 1867-1910 b at Archion - images($)

Wollmar

 * 1809-1830 Church records 1809-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1866 a Church records 1830-1866 a at Archion - images($); baptisms and confirmations
 * 1830-1866 b Church records 1830-1866 b at Archion - images($); marriages and burials
 * 1867-1903 Church records 1867-1903 at Archion - images($)
 * 1903-1929 Church records 1903-1929 at Archion - images($)

Münchhausen
Church records begin in 1693. The Reformed parish included the Reformed residents of Ernsthausen, Roda, Rosenthal, and Wetter.


 * 1693-1729, 1757-1771 Church records 1693-1729, 1757-1771 at Archion - images($);with gaps
 * 1697-1707 Church records 1697-1707 at Archion - images($)
 * 1729-1758 Church records 1729-1758 at Archion - images($)
 * 1772-1830 Church records 1772-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1864 Church records 1830-1864 at Archion - images($)
 * 1864-1961 Church records 1864-1961 at Archion - images($)

Todenhausen-French colony
The Lutheran residents of Todenhausen belonged to the parish of Wetter.


 * 1699-1804 Church records 1699-1804 at Archion - images($)
 * 1792-1841 Church records 1792-1841 at Archion - images($); baptisms and burials
 * 1792-1840 Church records 1792-1840 at Archion - images($); confirmations and marriages
 * 1830-1917 Church records 1830-1917 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Münchhausen 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