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

Guide to Altmorschen 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
Altmorschen 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 Altmorschen.

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

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.

Altmorschen
Church records begin in 1647.


 * 1647-1683 Church records 1647-1683 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1667-1746 Church records 1667-1746 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1746-1782 Church records 1746-1782 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1783-1831 Church records 1783-1831 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1858-1875 Church records 1858-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1875 Baptisms 1830-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1876-1948 Baptisms 1876-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1959 Confirmations 18310-1959 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1921 Marriages 1830-1921 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1921-1972 Marriages 1921-1972 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1892 Burials 1830-1892 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1892-2001 Burials 1892-2001 at Archion – images, ($)

Eubach

 * 1858-1875 Church records 1858-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2003 Baptisms 1830-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2003 Confirmations 18310-1959 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2003 Marriages 1830-1921 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2000 Burials 1830-1892 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Altmorschen 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