Rhena Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Rhena Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Jurisdictional Changes
Rhena 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 Rhena.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1641.


 * 1641-1724 Church records 1641-1724 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1725-1795 Church records 1725-1795 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1796-1831 Church records 1796-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1872 Baptisms and confirmations 1832-1872 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1873-1903 Baptisms 1873-1903 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1932 Baptisms 1903-1932 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1957 Confirmations 1903-1957 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1879 Marriages 1832-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1886 Burials 1832-1886 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1887-1902 Burials 1887-1902 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rhena began in January 1876.

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