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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Niederissigheim 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 Niederissigheim.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Niederissigheim belonged to the Lutheran parish of Bruchköbel until 1822 when the Lutheran and Reformed parishes were united.

Reformed
Church records begin in 1603. The Lutheran and Reformed parishes were united and united records were kept starting in 1823.


 * Church records 1603-1738 are available at the archive
 * 1739-1750 Church records 1739-1750 at Archion – images($)
 * 1746-1901 Church records 1746-1901 at Archion – images($)
 * 1823-1830 Church records 1823-1830 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1885 Baptisms 1830-1885 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1865 Marriage banns 1830-1865 at Archion - images($); includes Bruchköbel
 * 1830-1925 Marriages 1830-1925 at Archion – images($)
 * 1830-1911 Burials 1830-1911 at Archion – images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niederissigheim 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