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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Ehringen 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 Ehringen.

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

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.

Ehringen
Church records begin in 1655.


 * 1655-1735 Church records 1655-1735 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1735-1793 Church records 1735-1793 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1794-1830 Church records 1794-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1891 Baptisms 1830-1891 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1971 Confirmations 1831-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1896 Marriages 1830-1896 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1896 Burials 1830-1896 at Archion - images ($)

Viesebeck

 * 1785-1830 Church records 1785-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1939 Baptisms 1830-1939 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1971 Marriages 1830-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1896 Burials 1830-1896 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ehringen 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