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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Floh 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 Floh.

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

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 1721.


 * 1721-1738 Church records 1721-1738 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1739-1749 Church records 1739-1749 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1750-1800 Church records 1750-1800 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1801-1843 Church records 1801-1843 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1930-1938 Baptisms 1830-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1938 Confirmations 1830-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1939 Marriages 1830-1939 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1940 Burials 1830-1940 at Archion – images, ($)

Reformed
Reformed church records begin in 1677. Initially, the Reformed parish also included Reformed residents from Seligenthal, Helmershof, Hohleborn, Reichenbach, Schnellbach and Struth.


 * 1677-1715 Church records 1677-1715 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1716-1754 Church records 1716-1754 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1755-1816 Church records 1755-1816 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1802-1830 Church records 1802-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1861 Baptisms 1830-1861 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1862-1934 Baptisms 1862-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1934 Confirmations 1831-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1900 Marriages 1830-1900 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1901-1938 Marriages 1901-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1888 Burials 1830-1888 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1889-1934 Burials 1889-1934 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Floh 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