Holzhausen Parish (Kr. Hofgeismar), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Holzhausen 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 Holzhausen.

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

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.

Holzhausen
Church records begin in 1663.


 * 1663-1774 Church records 1663-1774 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1775-1828 Church records 1775-1828 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1828-1831 Church records 1828-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1861 Baptisms 1830-1861 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1875 Copy of baptisms 1857-1875 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1862-1925 Baptisms 1862-1925 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1945 Confirmations 1831-1945 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1910 Marriages 1830-1910 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1910-1993 Marriages 1910-1993 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1884 Burials 1830-1884 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1885-2013 Burials 1885-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Knickhagen

 * 1830-1944 Church records 1830-1944 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1875 Copy of church records 1857-1875 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1910-2013 Baptisms 1910-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1875 Marriages 1830-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1874 Copy of marriages 1857-1874 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1945-2007 Marriages 1945-2007 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1875 Copy of burials 1857-1875 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1936-2012 Burials 1936-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1947- Index of marriages 1847- at Archion - images ($)

Wilhelmshausen

 * 1774-1831 Church records 1775-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1893 Baptisms 1830-1893 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1893-2013 Baptisms 1893-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2013 Confirmations 1830-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1935 Marriages 1830-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1936-2012 Marriages 1936-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1921 Burials 1830-1921 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1922-2001 Burials 1922-2991 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Holzhausen 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