Nausis Parish (Kr. Ziegenhain), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Nausis 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
Nausis 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 Nausis.

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

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.

Lutheran
The parish of Nausis was established in 1703. Prior to 1703, Nausis belonged to the parish of Neukirchen.


 * 1703-1773 Church records 1703-1773 are available at the archive
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion – images, ($) Also, church records 1703-1774 are available at the archive.
 * 1830-1879 Church records 1830-1879 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1861-1948 Baptisms 1861-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1856-1948 Marriages 1856-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1860-1949 Burials 1860-1949 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Nausis began in October 1874.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet.

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