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

Guide to Obergeis 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
Obergeis 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 Obergeis.

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

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.

Obergeis
Church records begin in 1663.


 * 1663-1735 Church records 1663-1735 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1736-1766 Church records 1736-1766 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1767-1826 Church records 1767-1826 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1881 Baptisms 1830-1881 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1938 Baptisms 1881-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1838-1960 Baptisms, marriages, burials 1938-1960 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1938 Marriages 1830-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1956-2011 Marriages 1956-2011 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1888 Burials 1830-1888 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1888-1938 Burials 1888-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1961-2012 Burials 1961-2012 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Obergeis 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