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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Buchenau 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 Buchenau.

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

Locations within Buchenau
Lutheran parish includes Eiterfeld (until 1952), Erdmannrode

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.

Buchenau
Church records begin in 1650.


 * 1650-1722 Church records 1650-1722 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1723-1758a Church records 1723-1758a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1723-1758b Church records 1723-1758b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1759-1777 Church records 1759-1777 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1778-1819 Church records 1778-1819 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1810-1841 Church records 1810-1841 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1841-1855 Church records 1841-1855 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1906 Baptisms 1831-1906 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1906-1999 Baptisms 1906-1999 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1998 Marriages 1831-1998 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1938 Burials 1831-1938 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1939-1999 Burials 1939-1999 at Archion - images, ($)

Bodes

 * 1831-1999 Baptisms 1831-1999 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1999 Confirmations 1831-1999 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1999 Marriages 1831-1999 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1999 Burials 1831-1999 at Archion - images, ($)

Erdmannrode, Fischbach, Soislieden
Each of the following books includes separate registers for the three villages, but Fischbach and Soislieden may not be included in the available images. These records are available at the archive. Records for Fischbach can also be found in the church records of Wippershain.


 * 1831-1999 Baptisms 1831-1999 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1999 Confirmations 1831-1999 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Marriages 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1999 Burials 1831-1999 at Archion - images, ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1825-1864 Marriages 1825-1864 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1877 Deaths 1825-1877 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1881 Births 1825-1881 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Buchenau 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