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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Lohrhaupten 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 Lohrhaupten.

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

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 1675.


 * 1675-1710 Church records 1675-1710 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1700-1830 Baptisms 1700-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1884 Baptisms 1830-1884 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1885-1978 Baptisms 1885-1978 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1741-1830 Confirmations 1741-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1979 Confirmations 1831-1979 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1700-1831 Marriages and burials 1700-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1929 Marriages 1830-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1929-2011 Marriages 1929-2011 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1905 Burials 1830-1905 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1906-2012 Burials 1906-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1760-1861 Soul register 1760-1861 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Lohrhaupten 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