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

Guide to Ravolzhausen 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
Ravolzhausen 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 Ravolzhausen.

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

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 1696.


 * 1696-1805 Church records 1696-1805 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1805-1830 Church records 1805-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1896 Baptisms 1830-1896 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1897-1911 Baptisms 1897-1911 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1911-1974 Baptisms 1911-1974 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1826-1980 Confirmations 1826-1980 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1927 Marriages 1830-1927 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1936 Burials 1830-1936 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ravolzhausen 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