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

Guide to Niederaula 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
Niederaula 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 Niederaula.

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

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.

Niederaula
Church records begin in 1654.


 * 1654-1698 Church records 1654-1698 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1698-1720 Church records 1698-1720 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1720-1754 Church records 1720-1754 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1754-1775 Church records 1754-1775 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1773-1815 Church records 1773-1815 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1816-1830 Church records 1816-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1878 Baptisms 1830-1878 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1879-1957 Baptisms 1879-1957 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1966 Confirmations 1831-1966 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1909 Marriages 1830-1909 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1909-1994 Marriages 1909-1994 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1889 Burials 1830-1889 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1889-1990 Burials 1889-1990 at Archion – images, ($)

Hattenbach

 * 1773-1824 Church records 1773-1824 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1923 Baptisms 1830-1923 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1963 Marriages 1830-1963 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1966 Burials 1830-1966 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1967-2016 Burials 1967-2016 at Archion – images, ($)

Kemmerode

 * 1830-1983 Church records 1830-1983 at Archion – images, ($)

Mengshausen

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1824 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1974 Baptisms 1830-1923 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2016 Marriages 1830-1963 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-1966 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niederaula 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