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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rosenthal 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 Rosenthal.

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

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.

Reformed
Prior to 1829, the residents of Rosenthal belonged to the Reformed parish of Münchhausen. The Rosenthal parish included villages within the historical district of Rosenthal.


 * 1829-1830 Church records 1829-1830 at Archion – images, ($); with gaps
 * 1830-1881 Church records 1830-1881 at Archion – images, ($): with gaps
 * 1832-1931 Baptisms and Confirmations 1832-1931 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1931 Marriages and burials 1830-1931 at Archion – images, ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1824-1846 Births 1824-1846 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes financial and meeting records
 * 1824-1881 Births, Marriages, Deaths 1824-1881 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rosenthal 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