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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Obervorschütz 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 Obervorschütz.

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

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
Church records begin in 1626.


 * Church records 1626-1723 are available at the archive
 * 1723-1782 Church records 1723-1782 at Archion - images($)
 * 1782-1801 Church records 1782-1801 at Archion - images($)
 * 1802-1830 Church records 1802-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1867 Baptisms 1830-1867 at Archion - images($)
 * 1868-1935 Baptisms 1868-1935 at Archion - images($)
 * 1857-1893 Extract of baptisms 1857-1893 at Archion - images($); record kept by teacher
 * 1831-1939 Confirmations 1831-1939 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1905 Marriages 1830-1905 at Archion - images($)
 * 1905-1979 Marriages 1905-1979 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1888 Burials 1830-1888 at Archion - images($)
 * 1888-1946 Burials 1888-1946 at Archion - images($)
 * 1946-1997 Burials 1946-1997 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Obervorschütz 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