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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Merzhausen 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 Merzhausen.

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

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 1640.


 * 1640-1661 Church records 1640-1661 at Archion – images($)
 * 1656-1710 Church records 1656-1710 at Archion – images($)
 * 1710-1786 Church records 1710-1786 at Archion – images($)
 * 1787-1830 Church records 1787-1830 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1892 Church records 1830-1892 at Archion – images($)
 * 1848-1873 Church records 1848-1873 at Archion – images($)
 * 1867-1897 Baptisms 1867-1897 at Archion – images($)
 * 1897-1985 Baptisms 1897-1985 at Archion – images($)
 * 1893-1949 Confirmations 1893-1949 at Archion – images($)
 * 1874-1951 Marriages 1874-1951 at Archion – images($)
 * 1867-1908 Burials 1867-1908 at Archion – images($)
 * 1909-2015 Burials 1909-2015 at Archion – images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Merzhausen began in October 1874.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet.

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