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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Münchhausen 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 Münchhausen.

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

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.

Münchhausen
Church records begin in 1651. The Lutheran parish included the Lutheran residents of Ernsthausen, Roda and Simtshausen.


 * 1651-1703 Church records 1651-1703 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1703-1763 Church records 1703-1763 at Archion - images, ($); includes Ernsthausen, Roda, Simtshausen and Wollmar
 * 1764-1808 a Church records 1764-1808 a at Archion - images, ($); includes Ernsthausen, Roda, Simtshausen and Wollmar
 * 1764-1808 b Church books 1764-1808 b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1809-1869 Church records 1809-1869 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps; includes Roda and Simtshausen
 * 1830-1866 a Church records 1830-1866 a at Archion - images, ($); includes Simtshausen
 * 1830-1866 b Church records 1830-1866 b at Archion - images, ($); includes Simtshausen
 * 1867-1910 a Church records 1867-1910 a at Archion - images, ($); includes Simtshausen
 * 1867-1910 b Church records 1867-1910 b at Archion - images, ($); includes Simtshausen

Wollmar

 * 1809-1830 Church records 1809-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1866 a Church records 1830-1866 a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1866 b Church records 1830-1866 b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1867-1903 Church records 1867-1903 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1929 Church records 1903-1929 at Archion - images, ($)

Münchhausen
Church records begin in 1693. The Reformed parish included the Reformed residents of Ernsthausen, Roda, Rosenthal, and Wetter.


 * 1693-1729, 1757-1771 Church records 1693-1729, 1757-1771 at Archion - images, ($);with gaps; includes Ernsthausen, Roda, Rosenthal and Wetter
 * 1697-1707 Church records 1697-1707 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1729-1758 Church records 1729-1758 at Archion - images, ($); includes Ernsthausen, Roda, Rosenthal and Wetter
 * 1772-1830 Church records 1772-1830 at Archion - images, ($); includes Roda, Rosenthal and Wetter
 * 1830-1864 Church records 1830-1864 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1864-1961 Church records 1864-1961 at Archion - images, ($)

Todenhausen-French colony

 * 1699-1804 Church records 1699-1804 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1792-1840 Church records 1792-1840 at Archion - images, ($); confirmations and marriages
 * 1792-1841 Church records 1792-1841 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms and burials

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Münchhausen 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