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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Unterreichenbach 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 Unterreichenbach.

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

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.

Unterreichenbach
Church records begin in 1662.


 * 1662-1770 Church records 1662-1770 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1770-1830 Church records 1770-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1989 Baptisms 1830-1989 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1800-1830 Marriages 1800-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2011 Marriages 1830-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1781-1830 Burials 1781-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2012 Burials 1830-2012 at Archion - images ($)

Fischborn

 * 1830-2010 Baptisms 1830-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2010 Confirmations 1831-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2010 Marriages 1830-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2010 Burials 1830-2010 at Archion - images ($)

Hettersroth

 * 1830-1899 Baptisms 1830-1899 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1899-2011 Baptisms 1899-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2010 Confirmations 1831-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2002 Marriages 1830-2002 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2011 Burials 1830-2011 at Archion - images ($)

Oberreichenbach

 * 1830-2009 Baptisms 1830-2009 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2010 Confirmations 1831-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2010 Marriages 1831-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2010 Burials 1830-2010 at Archion - images ($)

Obersotzbach

 * 1760-1830 Church records 1760-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2010 Baptisms 1830-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2010 Confirmations 1831-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2008 Marriages 1831-2008 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2010 Burials 1830-2010 at Archion - images ($)

Radmühl II (Preußisch)
The village of Radmühl was divided by the river Salz into Radmühl I (Hessisch) on the east side and Radmühl II (Preußisch) on the west side. Radmühl I belonged to the parish of Freiensteinau in Hesse.


 * 1830-2006 Baptisms 1830-2006 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2008 Confirmations 1831-2008 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2004 Marriages 1831-2004 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2010 Burials 1830-2010 at Archion - images ($)

Untersotzbach

 * 1760-1830 Church records 1760-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1955 Baptisms 1830-1955 at Archion - images ($); includes Protestant residents of Katholischwillenroth
 * 1831-2010 Confirmations 1831-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-2008 Marriages 1832-2008 at Archion - images ($); includes Protestant residents of Katholischwillenroth
 * 1830-2010 Burials 1830-2010 at Archion - images ($); includes Protestant residents of Katholischwillenroth

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Unterreichenbach 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