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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Fronhausen 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 Fronhausen.

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

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.

Fronhausen
Church records begin in 1624.


 * 1624-1705 Church records 1624-1705 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1706-1765 Church records 1706-1765 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1766-1871 Church records 1766-1871 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1904 Church records 1830-1904 at Archion - images ($); baptisms, confirmations
 * 1830-1882 Church records 1830-1882 at Archion - images ($); marriages, baptisms
 * 1867-1953 Baptisms 1867-1953 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1937 Marriages 1876-1937 at Archion - images ($)

Argenstein
See Wenkbach (below) for church records 1775-1869.


 * 1830-1923 Church records 1830-1923 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1877-1967 Church records 1877-1967 at Archion - images ($)

Roth

 * 1774-1869 Church records 1774-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1935 Church records 1830-1935 at Archion - images ($); baptisms; confirmations
 * 1830-1886 Church records 1830-1886 at Archion - images ($); marriages, burials
 * 1883-1967 Church records 1883-1967 at Archion - images ($); marriages, burials
 * 1873-1953 Baptisms 1873-1953 at Archion - images ($)

Wenkbach

 * 1775-1869 Church records 1775-1869 at Archion - images ($); includes Argenstein
 * 1830-1928 Church records 1830-1928 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1886-1967 Church records 1886-1967 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Fronhausen 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