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

Guide to Rotenburg 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
Rotenburg 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 Rotenburg.

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

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.

Rotenburg-Altstadt
Church records begin in 1696.


 * 1696-1742a Church records 1696-1742a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1696-1742b Church records 1696-1742b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1743-1787a Church records 1743-1787a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1743-1787b Church records 1743-1787b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1743-1787c Church records 1743-1787c at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1788-1826a Church records 1788-1826a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1788-1826b Church records 1788-1826b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1827-1830 Church records 1827-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Baptisms 1830-1851 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1852-1890 Baptisms 1852-1890 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1901 Confirmations 1831-1901 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1879 Marriages 1830-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1857 Burials 1830-1857 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1898 Burials 1858-1898 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rotenburg 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