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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberurff 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 Oberurff.

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

Locations within Oberurff
Löwenstein (this is a castle, on Meyers map you can see the ruins marked just south of Schiffelborn)

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
The parish of Oberurff was established in 1773. Prior to 1773, Oberurff belonged to the parish of Niederurff.


 * 1773-1815 Church records 1773-1815 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1816-1830 Church records 1816-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1892 Baptisms 1830-1892 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1954 Marriages 1830-1954 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1953 Burials 1830-1953 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberurff 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