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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Niedermeiser 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 Niedermeiser.

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

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.

Niedermeiser
Church records begin in 1681.


 * 1681-1731 Church records 1681-1731 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1732-1782 Church records 1732-1782 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1783-1830 Church records 1783-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1877 Baptisms 1830-1877 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1933 Baptisms 1878-1933 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1907 Marriages 1830-1907 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1907-2013 Marriages 1907-2013 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1889 Burials 1830-1889 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-2013 Burials 1889-2013 at Archion - images, ($)

Zwergen

 * 1783-1830 Church records 1783-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1845-1876 Church records 1845-1876 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1885 Church records 1858-1885 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1883 Baptisms 1830-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-2013 Baptisms 1884-2013 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2013 Confirmations 1831-2013 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1936 Marriages 1830-1936 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1936-2013 Marriages 1936-2013 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1911 Burials 1830-1911 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1912-2013 Burials 1912-2013 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niedermeiser 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