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

Guide to Aufenau 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
Aufenau 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 Aufenau.

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

Locations within Aufenau
Catholic: Kinzighausen, Neudorf Lutheran: Neudorf, (Bad) Orb

Catholic
Catholic church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Fulda Diocesan Archive in Fulda, Germany. The following records have been digitized by the website Matricula Online. You can learn how to use Matricula Online by clicking here. There are no indexes to these records. More recent records may be restricted.

Church records begin in 1754.

1754-1974 Church records 1754-1974 at Matricula Online - images

Lutheran
Lutheran 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.

Aufenau
Church records begin in 1680.


 * 1680-1782 Church records 1680-1782 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1767-1812 Church records 1767-1812 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1813-1863 Baptisms 1813-1863 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1864-1910 Baptisms 1864-1910 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1911-1998 Baptisms 1911-1998 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1926-2005 Confirmations 1926-2005 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1813-1863 Marriages 1813-1863 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1864-1964 Marriages 1864-1964 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1815-1863 Burials 1815-1863 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1864-1921 Burials 1864-1921 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1864-1964 Index church records 1864-1964 at Archion - images, ($)

Lettgenbrunn

 * 1920-2012 Church records 1920-2012 at Archion - images, ($); includes Villbach

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Aufenau 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