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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Meerholz 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 Meerholz.

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

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.

Meerholz
Church records begin in 1740.


 * 1740-1787 Church records 1740-1787 at Archion - images($)
 * 1789-1830 Baptisms 1789-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1910 Baptisms 1830-1910 at Archion - images($)
 * 1911-1996 Baptisms 1911-1996 at Archion - images($)
 * 1782-1830 Confirmations 1782-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-2001 Confirmations 1831-2001 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1939 Marriage banns 1830-1939 at Archion - images($), includes Hailer
 * 1789-1830 Marriages 1789-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1929 Marriages 1830-1929 at Archion - images($)
 * 1928-1998 Marriages 1928-1998 at Archion - images($)
 * 1789-1830 Burials 1789-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1953 Burials 1830-1953 at Archion - images($)
 * 1953-2005 Burials 1953-2005 at Archion - images($)
 * 0000-0000 Family book 0000-0000 at Archion - images($); includes index and families from 1700-1900s

Hailer

 * 1830-1931 Baptisms 1830-1931 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1986 Confirmations 1831-1986 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1943 Marriages 1830-1943 at Archion - images($)
 * 1944-2003 Marriages 1944-2003 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1967 Burials 1830-1967 at Archion - images($)
 * 1968-1988 Burials 1968-1988 at Archion - images($)
 * 0000-0000 Family book 0000-0000 at Archion - images($); includes index and families from 1700-1900s

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Meerholz 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