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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberellenbach 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 Oberellenbach.

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

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.

Oberellenbach
Church records begin in 1659.


 * 1659-1717 b Church records 1659-1717 b at Archion - images($); includes Heinebach to 1671
 * 1717-1790 b Church records 1717-1790 b at Archion - images($)
 * 1791-1830 Church records 1791-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1898 Baptisms 1830-1898 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1937 Marriages 1830-1937 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1937 Burials 1830-1937 at Archion - images($)
 * 1659-1717 a Index of church records 1659-1717 a at Archion - images($)
 * 1717-1790 a Index of church records 1717-1790 a at Archion - images($)

Niederellenbach

 * 1706-1790 Church records 1706-1790 at Archion - images($)
 * 1791-1830 Church records 1791-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1898 Baptisms 1830-1898 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1938 Marriages 1830-1938 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1936 Burials 1830-1936 at Archion - images($)
 * 1717-1790 Index of church records 1717-1790 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberellenbach 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