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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberrosphe 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 Oberrosphe.

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

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.

Oberrosphe
Church records begin in 1624.


 * 1641-1775 Church records 1641-1775 at Archion - images($)
 * 1767-1830 Church records 1767-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1866 Church records 1830-1866 at Archion - images($)
 * 1866-1931 Church records 1866-1931 at Archion - images($)
 * 1922-1982 Church records 1922-1982 at Archion - images($)
 * 1773-1852 Marriages 1773-1852 at Archion - images($)

Göttingen

 * 1830-1878 Church records 1830-1878 at Archion - images($)
 * 1879-1965 Church records 1879-1965 at Archion - images($)

Unterrosphe

 * 1767-1830 Church records 1767-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1878 Church records 1830-1878 at Archion - images, (40
 * 1879-1966 Church records 1879-1966 at Archion - images($)
 * 1773-1899 Marriages 1773-1899 at Archion - images($)
 * 1948-1965 Marriages 1948-1965 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberrosphe 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