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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Obersuhl 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 Obersuhl.

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

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.

Obersuhl
Church records begin in 1668.


 * 1668-1731 Church records 1668-1731 at Archion – images($)
 * 1706-1776 Church records 1706-1776 at Archion – images($)
 * 1776-1823 Church records 1776-1823 at Archion – images($); includes Almushof, Libenz, Schildhof and Wildeck
 * 1824-1830 Church records 1824-1830 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1849 Baptisms 1830-1849 at Archion – images($)
 * 1850-1869 Baptisms 1850-1869 at Archion – images($)
 * 1870-1913 Baptisms 1870-1913 at Archion – images($)
 * 1831-1884 Confirmations 1831-1884 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1866 Marriages 1830-1866 at Archion – images($)
 * 1866-1910 Marriages 1866-1910 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1859 Burials 1830-1859 at Archion – images($)
 * 1859-1937 Burials 1859-1937 at Archion – images($)
 * 1776-1823 Index of church records 1776-1823 at Archion – images($)

Widdershausen

 * 1706-1775 Church records 1706-1775 at Archion – images($)
 * 1776-1831 Church records 1776-1831 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1871 Baptisms 1830-1871 at Archion – images($)
 * 1872-1981 Baptisms 1872-1981 at Archion – images($)
 * 1831-1976 Confirmations 1831-1976 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1945 Marriages 1830-1845 at Archion – images($)
 * 1945-1999 Marriages 1845-1999 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1924 Burials 1830-1924 at Archion – images($)
 * 1925-2011 Burials 1925-2011 at Archion – images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Obersuhl 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