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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Ehrsten 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 Ehrsten.

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

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.

Ehrsten
Church records begin in 1645.


 * 1645-1717 Church records 1645-1717 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1717-1774 Church records 1717-1774 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1881 Church records 1858-1881 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1904 Baptisms 1830-1904 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1905-2013 Baptisms 1905-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1970 Confirmations 1830-1970 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Marriages 1830-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1937-2013 Marriages 1937-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Burials 1830-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1937-2013 Burials 1937-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Fürstenwald
Church records begin in 1640.


 * 1640-1712 Church records 1640-1712 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1725-1776 Church records 1725-1776 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1775-1831 Church records 1775-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1876 Copy of church records 1857-1876 at Archion - images ($); records kept by church sexton
 * 1830-1937 Baptisms 1830-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1970 Confirmations 1830-1970 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Marriages 1830-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1937-2012 Marriages 1937-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Burials 1830-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1938-2013 Burials 1938-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Meimbressen

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1872 Baptisms 1830-1872 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1872-1956 Baptisms 1872-1956 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1970 Confirmations 1830-1970 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1926 Marriages 1830-1926 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1926-2012 Marriages 1926-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1910 Burials 1830-1910 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1911-2013 Burials 1911-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ehrsten 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