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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Jestädt 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 Jestädt.

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

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.

Jestädt
Church records begin in 1631.


 * 1631-1765 Church records 1631-1765 at Archion - images ($); includes Neuerode and Motzenrode
 * 1764-1830 Church records 1764-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1885 Copy of church records 1858-1885 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1830-1910 Baptisms 1830-1910 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2005 Confirmations 1831-2005 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1949 Marriages 1830-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1949-1988 Marriages 1949-1988 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1920 Burials 1830-1920 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1921-2018 Burials 1921-2018 at Archion - images ($)

Motzenrode
For church records 1764-1830 see Neuerode records in the parish of Grebendorf.


 * 1830-2015 Church records 1830-2015 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1884 Copy of church records 1858-1884 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1963-2017 Burials 1963-2017 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Jestädt 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