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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Eiterfeld 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 Eiterfeld.

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

Locations within Eiterfeld
The Catholic parish included Altmühle, Arzell, Betzenrod, Branders, Buchenau, Dittlofrod, Fürsteneck, Faustmühle, Giesenhain, Hansenmühle, Körnbach, Leibolz, Leimbach, Malges, Mengers, Oberweisenborn, Reckrod, Wölf.

Catholic
Catholic church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Fulda Diocesan Archive in Fulda, Germany. The following records have been digitized by the website Matricula Online. You can learn how to use Matricula Online by clicking here. There are no indexes to these records. More recent records may be restricted.

Eiterfeld
Church records begin in 1654.

1654-1964 Church records 1654-1964 at Matricula Online - images; includes separate books for Betzenrod, Leibolz, Leimbach, Malges, and Reckrod after 1830.

Arzell
1830-1966 Church records 1830-1966 at Matricula Online - images; includes Buchenau, also includes separate books for Dittlofrod and Körnbach after 1830

Lutheran
Protestant 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.

Rasdorf-Eiterfeld
The Lutheran parish of Rasdorf-Eiterfeld was established in 1955 (first established as Rasdorf in 1952). Prior to 1952, the Lutheran residents of Eiterfeld belonged to the parish of Buchenau.


 * 1952-2016 Marriages 1952-2016 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1952-2004 Burials 1952-2004 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Eiterfeld 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