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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberkaufungen 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 Oberkaufungen.

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

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.

Oberkaufungen
Church records begin in 1573.


 * 1573-1607 Church records 1573-1607 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1579-1625 Church records 1579-1625 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1604-1629 Church records 1604-1629 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1618-1722 Church records 1618-1722 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1629-1644 Church records 1629-1644 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1642-1687 Church records 1642-1687 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1642-1721 Church records 1642-1721 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1657-1690 Church records 1657-1690 at Archion - images($); with gaps; confirmations and marriages
 * 1721-1755 Church records 1721-1755 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1761-1818 Church records 1761-1818 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1761-1818 B Church records 1761-1818 B at Archion - images($); with gaps; same images as Church records 1761-1818
 * 1819-1831 Church records 1819-1831 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1830-1847 Baptisms 1830-1847 at Archion - images($)
 * 1848-1870 Baptisms 1848-1870 at Archion - images($)
 * 1871-1904 Baptisms 1871-1904 at Archion - images($)
 * 1905-1948 Baptisms 1905-1948 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-1892 Confirmations 1832-1892 at Archion - images($)
 * 1893-1958 Confirmations 1893-1958 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1857 Marriages 1830-1857 at Archion - images($)
 * 1857-1917 Marriages 1857-1917 at Archion - images($)
 * 1917-1955 Marriages 1917-1955 at Archion - images($)
 * 1761-1818 Burials 1761-1818 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1854 Burials 1830-1854 at Archion - images($)
 * 1854-1889 Burials 1854-1889 at Archion - images($)
 * 1890-1948 Burials 1890-1948 at Archion - images($)
 * 1948-1983 Burials 1948-1983 at Archion - images($)

Niederkaufungen

 * 1657-1687 Church records 1657-1687 at Archion - images($)
 * 1676-1689 Church records 1676-1689 at Archion - images($)
 * 1691-1743 Church records 1691-1743 at Archion - images($)
 * 1741-1818 Church records 1741-1818 at Archion - images($)
 * 1772-1818 Church records 1772-1818 at Archion - images($)
 * 1799-1839 Church records 1799-1839 at Archion - images($)
 * 1819-1831 Church records 1819-1831 at Archion - images($)
 * 1840-1857 Church records 1840-1857 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1865 Baptisms 1830-1865 at Archion - images($)
 * 1858-1890 Baptisms 1858-1890 at Archion - images($); record kept by teacher
 * 1865-1939 Baptisms 1865-1939 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1919 Marriages 1830-1919 at Archion - images($)
 * 1858-1899 Marriages 1858-1899 at Archion - images($); record kept by teacher
 * 1830-1886 Burials 1830-1886 at Archion - images($)
 * 1858-1890 Burials 1858-1890 at Archion - images($); record kept by teacher

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberkaufungen 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