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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Ostheim 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 Ostheim.

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

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.

Protestant
Protestant church records begin in 1830 after the Lutheran and Reformed were united. Prior to 1830, Lutheran residents of Ostheim belonged to the parish of Windecken.


 * 1830-1870 Baptisms 1830-1870 at Archion – images($)
 * 1870-1922 Baptisms 1870-1922 at Archion – images($)
 * 1831-1962 Confirmations 1831-1962 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1867 Marriage banns 1830-1867 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1898 Marriages 1830-1898 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1891 Burials 1830-1891 at Archion – images($)

Reformed
Reformed church records begin in 1596.


 * 1596-1635 Church records 1596-1635 at Archion – images($)
 * 1642-1735 Church records 1642-1735 at Archion – images($)
 * 1733-1796 Church records 1733-1796 at Archion – images($)
 * 1777-1830 Church records 1777-1830 at Archion – images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ostheim 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