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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Niederrodenbach 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 Niederrodenbach.

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

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 Lutheran residents of Niederrodenbach belonged to the parish of Rüdigheim until 1819, when Lutheran and Reformed residents were united into the same Protestant parish.

Niederrodenbach
Church records begin in 1600.


 * 1600-1643 Church records 1600-1643 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1643-1747 Church records 1643-1747 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1728-1818 Church records 1728-1818 at Archion - images, ($); includes extract from Rüdigheim Lutheran parish records of 1742-1818 church records
 * 1748-1830 Church records 1748-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1600-1686 Baptisms 1600-1686 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1687-1747 Baptisms 1687-1747 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1875 Baptisms 1830-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1748-1805 Confirmations 1748-1805 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1811-1861 Confirmations 1811-1861 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1954 Confirmations 1831-1954 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1600-1747 Marriages 1600-1747 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1870 Marriages 1830-1870 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1900 Marriages 1830-1900 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1895 Burials 1830-1895 at Archion - images, ($)

Wolfgang

 * 1960-2003 Burials 1960-2003 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niederrodenbach 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