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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Brotterode 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 Brotterode.

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

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.

Lutheran
The Lutheran records begin in 1830.


 * 1830-1850 Baptisms 1830-1850 at Archion – images ($), "duplicate"
 * 1849-1851 Baptisms 1849-1851 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1851-1865 Baptisms 1851-1865 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1866-1894 Baptisms 1866-1894 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1895-1910 Baptisms 1895-1910 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1911-1931 Baptisms 1911-1931 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1895-1913 Confirmations 1895-1913 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1914-1947 Confirmations 1914-1947 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1894 Marriages 1830-1894 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1895-1923 Marriages 1895-1923 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1924-1955 Marriages 1924-1955 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1930-1855 Burials 1830-1855 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1849-1850 Burials 1849-1850 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1956-1894 Burials 1856-1894 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1895-1918 Burials 1895-1918 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1919-1955 Burials 1919-1955 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1956-1971 Burials 1956-1971 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1972-1981 Burials 1972-1981 at Archion – images ($)

Reformed
The Reformed church records begin in 1700.


 * 1700-1772 Church records 1700-1772 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1773-1863 Church records 1773-1863 at Archion – images ($); the Lutheran parish records should also be viewed

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Brotterode 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