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

Guide to Frankenau 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
Frankenau 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 Frankenau.

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

Locations within Frankenau
Reformed parish included Altenhaina, Hessenstein, Kirschgarten

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.

Frankenau
Lutheran church records begin in 1649.


 * 1649-1700 Church records 1649-1700 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1700-1757 Church records 1700-1757 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1757-1796 Church records 1757-1796 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1797-1874 Church records 1797-1874 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1860 Church records 1830-1860 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1861-1930 Church records 1861-1930 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1891 Baptisms 1830-1891 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1892-1969 Baptisms 1892-1969 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-1958 Confirmations 1903-1958 at Archion – images, ($)

Frankenau-Ellershausen
Reformed church records begin in 1683.


 * 1683-1800 Church records 1683-1800 at Archion – images, ($); includes Löhlbach, Allendorf, Dainrode, Haubern, Ellershausen, and Geismar
 * 1801-1855 Church records 1801-1855 at Archion – images, ($); includes Ellershausen, Geismar, Allendorf, Dennrode, Hauern, Dörnholzhausen, Hessenstein, Brinckhausen [Bringhausen], Louissendorff, Löhlbach, AltenHaina, Kirschgarten, all surrounding mills, farms, colonies, and Friedrichshausen
 * 1830-1948 Church records 1830-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1945 Baptisms 1864-1945 at Archion – images, ($)

Friedrichshausen
Prior to 1800, the Reformed residents of Friedrichshausen belonged to the parish of Frankenberg.


 * 1800-1949 Church records 1800-1949 at Archion - images, ($); includes handwritten copy of 1800-1865 church book delivered to Louisendorf

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Frankenau 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