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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Elnhausen 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 Elnhausen.

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

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.

Elnhausen
Church records begin in 1624.


 * 1624-1772 Church records 1624-1772 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1772-1883 Church records 1772-1883 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1984 Church records 1830-1984 at Archion - images, (40
 * 1830-1892 Baptisms 1830-1892 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1885 Burials 1830-1885 at Archion - images ($)

Dagobertshausen

 * 1831-1999 Church records 1831-1999 at Archion - images ($); confirmations, marriages
 * 1830-1999 Baptisms 1830-1999 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1999 Burials 1830-1999 at Archion - images ($)

Wehrshausen

 * 1772-1884 Church records 1772-1884 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1999 Church records 1831-1999 at Archion - images ($); confirmations, marriages
 * 1830-1998 Baptisms 1830-1998 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1999 Burials 1830-1999 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Elnhausen 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