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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Niederasphe 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 Niederasphe.

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

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.

Niederasphe

 * 1577-1736 Church records 1577-1736 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1716-1805 Church records 1716-1805 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1806-1830 Church records 1806-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1929 Church records 1830-1929 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms and confirmations
 * 1830-1900 Church records 1830-1900 at Archion - images, ($); marriages and burials

Untersimtshausen

 * 1830-1912 Church records 1830-1912 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niederasphe 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