Simmershausen Parish (Kr. Kassel), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Simmershausen 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 Simmershausen.

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

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.

Simmershausen
Church records begin in 1682.


 * 1682-1781 Church records 1682-1781 at Archion - images, ($); includes Kragenhof and Winterbüren
 * 1782-1831 Church records 1782-1831 at Archion - images, ($); includes Kragenhof and Winterbüren
 * 1830-1879 Baptisms 1830-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1880-1962 Baptisms 1880-1962 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1955 Confirmations 1831-1955 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1839-1897 Marriage banns 1839-1897 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1912 Marriages 1830-1912 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1913-1963 Marriages 1913-1963 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1888 Burials 1830-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-1999 Burials 1889-1999 at Archion - images, ($)

Rothwesten

 * 1830-1949 Baptisms 1830-1949 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1959 Confirmations 1831-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1957 Marriages 1830-1957 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1959 Burials 1830-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1959-2000 Burials 1959-2000 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Simmershausen 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