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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Neuswarts 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 Neuswarts.

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

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 1818.


 * 1818-1875a Church records 1818-1875a at Archion - images($)
 * 1818-1875b Church records 1818-1875b at Archion - images($)
 * 1876-2003 Church records 1876-2003 at Archion - images($)
 * 1876-2004 Baptisms 1876-2004 at Archion - images($)
 * 1914-2002 Confirmations 1914-2002 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Neuswarts 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