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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberaula 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 Oberaula.

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

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.

Oberaula
Church records begin in 1574.


 * 1574-1631 Church records 1574-1631 at Archion - images ($)
 * Church records 1632-1641 are available at the archive
 * 1641-1674 Church records 1641-1674 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1674-1683 Church records 1674-1683 at Archion - images ($)
 * Church records 1684-1694 are available at the archive
 * 1694-1756 Church records 1694-1756 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1757-1773 Church records 1757-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1774-1820 Church records 1774-1820 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1821-1833 Church records 1821-1833 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1908 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1908 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1952 Baptisms 1864-1952 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1909-1978 Confirmations 1909-1978 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1863 Marriages and burials 1830-1863 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1926 Marriages and burials 1864-1926 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1927-1987 Marriages and burials 1927-1987 at Archion - images ($)

Christerode
For church records 1683-1773, see Olberode below.


 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1857 Church records 1830-1857 at Archion – images($)
 * 1858-1909 Church records 1858-1909 at Archion – images($)

Friedigerode

 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1861 Church records 1830-1861 at Archion – images($)
 * 1861-1914 Church records 1861-1914 at Archion – images($)
 * 1915-1987 Church records 1915-1987 at Archion – images($)

Hauptschwenda
1574-1694 Oberaula records for Hauptschwenda include gaps. For church records 1695-1774, see Olberode below.


 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1863 Church records 1830-1863 at Archion – images($)
 * 1864-1938 Church records 1864-1938 at Archion – images($)

Hausen

 * 1694-1756 Church records 1694-1756 at Archion – images($)
 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1861 Church records 1830-1861 at Archion – images($)
 * 1861-1926 Church records 1861-1926 at Archion – images($)
 * 1927-1987 Church records 1927-1987 at Archion – images($)

Ibra

 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1858 Church records 1830-1858 at Archion – images($)
 * 1858-1926 Church records 1858-1926 at Archion – images($)
 * 1927-1987 Church records 1927-1987 at Archion – images($)

Olberode

 * 1694-1756 Church records 1694-1756 at Archion - images($)
 * 1757-1773 Church records 1757-1773 at Archion - images($)
 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1859 Church records 1830-1859 at Archion - images($)
 * 1859-1924 Church records 1859-1924 at Archion - images($)
 * 1925-2015 Church records 1925-2015 at Archion - images($)

Wahlshausen

 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1858 Church records 1830-1858 at Archion - images($)
 * 1858-1904 Church records 1858-1904 at Archion - images($)
 * 1905-1954 Church records 1905-1954 at Archion - images($)

Weissenborn
For church records 1695-1773, see Olberode above.


 * 1774-1832 Church records 1774-1832 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1861 Church records 1830-1861 at Archion - images($)
 * 1861-1910 Church records 1861-1910 at Archion - images($)
 * 1910-1998 Church records 1910-1998 at Archion - images($)

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.

Oberaula

 * 1824-1871 Births 1824-1871 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1852-1934 Births 1852-1934 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1874 Marriages 1825-1874 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1880 Marriages 1825-1880 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; handwritten copy
 * 1825-1870 Deaths 1825-1870 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1852-1938 Deaths 1852-1938 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Frielingen

 * 1817-1874 Birth, marriages, deaths 1817-1874 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; births 1817-1872, marriages 1833-1863, deaths 1849-1874

Hausen

 * 1852-1925 Births 1852-1925 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Schwarzenborn

 * 1824-1902 Births 1824-1902 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1824-1901 Marriages 1824-1901 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1824-1901 Deaths 1824-1901 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberaula 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