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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Elgershausen 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 Elgershausen.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1647.


 * 1647-1700 Church records 1647-1700 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1722-1773 a Church records 1722-1773 a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1722-1773 b Church records 1722-1773 b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1823 Church records 1774-1823 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1824-1830 Church records 1824-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1870 Baptisms 1830-1870 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1870-1908 Baptisms 1870-1908 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1909-1948 Baptisms 1909-1948 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1924 Confirmations 1831-1924 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1925-1979 Confirmations 1925-1979 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1894 Marriages 1830-1894 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1895-1946 Marriages 1895-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1947-1961 Marriages 1947-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1886 Burials 1830-1886 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1886-1948 Burials 1886-1948 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1949-1995 Burials 1949-1995 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Elgershausen 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