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

Guide to Sterzhausen 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
Sterzhausen 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 Sterzhausen.

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

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
Church records begin in 1636.


 * 1636-1788 Church records 1636-1788 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1788-1837 Church records 1788-1837 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1971 Church records 1830-1971 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1847-1893 Church records 1847-1893 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1895 Baptisms 1830-1895 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1896-1958 Baptisms 1896-1958 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1893 Burials 1830-1893 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1894-1979 Burials 1894-1979 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Sterzhausen 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