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

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

Place Names
The best gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Ahlersbach.

Church Records
Church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Evangelical Church 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 parish of Ahlersbach was established in 1843. Prior to 1843, Ahlersbach belonged to the parish of Klosterhöfe.


 * baptisms 1843-1994
 * confirmations 1844-1993
 * marriages 1844-1993
 * burials 1843-1996

Reformed
The Reformed residents of Ahlersbach belonged to the parishes of Hohenzell from 1785-1830 and Schlüchtern before 1785.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ahlersbach 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 Hessen State Archives Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck