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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Röhrda has belonged to the following independent countries or post-1871 German states:

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer Röhrda. For more information, see the entry for Röhrda.

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

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 1651.


 * 1651-1774 Church records 1651-1774 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1882 Baptisms 1830-1882 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1882-1940 Baptisms 1882-1940 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1955 Confirmations 1831-1955 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1918 Marriages 1830-1918 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1919-2017 Marriages 1919-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1908 Burials 1830-1908 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1909-2017 Burials 1909-2017 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Röhrda 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