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

Guide to Dörnholzhausen 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
Dörnholzhausen 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 Dörnholzhausen.

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

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 parish of Dörnholzhausen was established in 1773. Prior to 1773, Dörnholzhausen belonged to the parish of Geismar.


 * church records 1773-1830 ($)
 * church records 1830-1863 ($)
 * church records 1863-1913 ($)
 * confirmations 1914-2014 ($)
 * marriages 1914-2013 ($)
 * burials 1914-2014 ($)

Reformed
The reformed residents of Dörnholzhausen belonged to the parishes of Haubern since 1780 and Louisendorf from 1703-1780. Also, see Frankenau records from 1801-1855.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Dörnholzhausen 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