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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rengshausen 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 Rengshausen.

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

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.

Rengshausen
Church records begin in 1663.


 * 1663-1702 Church records 1663-1702 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1703-1795 Church records 1703-1795 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1734-1795 Church records 1734-1795 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1774-1826 Church records 1774-1826 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1827-1831 Church records 1827-1831 at Archion - images($); with gaps
 * 1830-1877 Baptisms 1830-1877 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1934 Confirmations 1831-1934 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1920 Marriages 1830-1920 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1883 Burials 1830-1883 at Archion - images($)

Nausis

 * 1703-1795 Church records 1703-1795 at Archion - images($)
 * 1795-1831 Church records 1795-1831 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1930 a Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1930 a at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1930 b Marriages and burials 1830-1930 b at Archion - images($)

Nenterode

 * 1830-1906 Church records 1830-1906 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1935 Church records 1830-1935 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rengshausen 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