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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rauschenberg 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 Rauschenberg.

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

Locations within Rauschenberg
The Reformed parish included Reformed residents from: Albshausen, Burgholz, Erksdorf, Ernsthausen with Wambach, Halsdorf, Hatzbach, Josbach with Niedlingsmühle, Langendorf, Schwabendorf, Speckswinkel, Wohra, Wolferode,

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.

Rauschenberg
Church records begin in 1636.


 * 1636-1764 Church records 1636-1764 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1765-1830 Church records 1765-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1863 Baptisms 1830-1863 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1954 Baptisms 1864-1954 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1936 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1914-1994 Marriages 1914-1994 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1863 Burials 1830-1863 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1938 Burials 1864-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 0000-0000 Family book 0000-0000 at Archion – images, ($); begun in 1885

Ernsthausen

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1936 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1876-1954 Baptisms 1876-1954 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1919 Marriages and burials 1830-1919 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 0000-0000 Family book 0000-0000 at Archion – images, ($); begun in 1885

Rauschenberg
Church records begin in 1706. For church records 1683-1702, see the reformed church records of the parish of Kirchhain.


 * 1706-1732 Church records 1706-1732 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1730-1750 Church records 1730-1750 at Archion – images, ($); see Locations within section above for list of villages included
 * 1747-1776 Church records 1747-1776 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1777-1829 Church records 1777-1829 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1819-1830 Church records 1819-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1873 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1830-1873 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1859-1938 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1859-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1932 Confirmations 1831-1932 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1886-1937 Marriages 1886-1937 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1914-1959 Burials 1914-1959 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rauschenberg 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