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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Nordshausen 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 Nordshausen.

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

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.

Nordshausen
Church records begin in 1830.


 * 1858-1888 Church records 1858-1888 at Archion – images($)
 * 1943-1945 Church records 1943-1945 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1857 Baptisms 1830-1857 at Archion – images($)
 * 1883-1937 Baptisms 1883-1937 at Archion – images($)
 * 1883-1942 Baptisms 1883-1942 at Archion – images($)
 * 1832-1857 Marriages 1832-1857 at Archion – images($)
 * 1888-1910 Marriages 1888-1910 at Archion – images($)
 * 1911-1942 Marriages 1911-1942 at Archion – images($)
 * 1946-1965 Marriages 1946-1965 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1934 Burials 1830-1934 at Archion – images($)
 * 1937-1942 Burials 1937-1942 at Archion – images($)
 * 1946-1983 Burials 1946-1983 at Archion – images($)
 * 0000-0000 Family book 0000-0000 at Archion – images($); after 1730

Oberzwehren

 * 1943-1945 Church records 1943-1945 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1857 Baptisms 1830-1857 at Archion – images($)
 * 1880-1915 Baptisms 1880-1915 at Archion – images($)
 * 1831-1933 Confirmations 1831-1933 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1898 Marriages 1830-1898 at Archion – images($)
 * 1898-1910 Marriages 1898-1910 at Archion – images($)
 * 1911-1942 Marriages 1911-1942 at Archion – images($)
 * 1946-1953 Marriages 1946-1953 at Archion – images($)
 * 1930-1898 Burials 1830-1898 at Archion – images($)
 * 1899-1942 Burials 1899-1942 at Archion – images($)
 * 1937-1942 Burials 1937-1942 at Archion – images($)
 * 1946-1961 Burials 1946-1961 at Archion – images($)
 * 1731-1873 Family book 1731-1873 at Archion – images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Nordshausen 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