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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rotenburg 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 Rotenburg.

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

Catholic
Catholic church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Fulda Diocesan Archive in Fulda, Germany. The following records have been digitized by the website Matricula Online. You can learn how to use Matricula Online by clicking here. There are no indexes to these records. More recent records may be restricted.

Christus der Erlöser
Church records begin in 1693.


 * 1693-1966 Church records 1693-1966 at Matricula Online - images

Lutheran
Lutheran 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.

Rotenburg-Altstadt
Church records begin in 1696.


 * 1696-1742 b Church records 1696-1742 b at Archion - images ($)
 * 1743-1787 a Church records 1743-1787 a at Archion - images ($)


 * 1743-1787 c Copy of church records 1743-1787 c at Archion - images ($); hand-written copy
 * 1788-1826 b Church records 1788-1826 b at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1830 Church records 1827-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1851 Baptisms 1830-1851 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1852-1890 Baptisms 1852-1890 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1901 Confirmations 1831-1901 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1879 Marriages 1830-1879 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1857 Burials 1830-1857 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1898 Burials 1858-1898 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1696-1742 a Index of church records 1696-1742 a at Archion - images ($)
 * 1743-1787 b Index of church records 1743-1787 b at Archion - images ($)
 * 1788-1826 a Index of church records 1788-1826 a at Archion - images ($)

Rotenburg-Neustadt
Church records begin in 1631.


 * 1631-1746 Church records 1631-1746 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1738-1803 Baptisms and confirmations 1738-1803 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1803-1830 Baptisms 1803-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1855 Baptisms 1830-1855 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1856-1905 Baptisms 1856-1905 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1803-1830 Confirmations, marriages, and burials 1803-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1923 Confirmations 1831-1923 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1739-1803 Marriages and burials 1739-1803 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1890 Marriages 1830-1890 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1862 Burials 1830-1862 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1863-1927 Burials 1863-1927 at Archion - images ($)

Ellingerode

 * 1830-1971 Church records 1830-1971 at Archion - images ($)

Lispenhausen

 * 1638-1774 Church records 1638-1774 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1769-1830 Church records 1769-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1890 Baptisms 1830-1890 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1970 Confirmations 1831-1970 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1929 Marriages 1831-1929 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1922 Burials 1830-1922 at Archion - images ($)

Mündershausen

 * 1738-1830 Church records 1738-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1935 Church records 1830-1935 at Archion - images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1826-1910 Births 1826-1910 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1910 Marriages 1825-1910 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1910 Deaths 1825-1910 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes Lispenhausen and Braach
 * 1743-1937 Cemetery register 1743-1937 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; created in 1937

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rotenburg 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