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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Frankershausen 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 Frankershausen.

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

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.

Frankershausen
Church records begin in 1626.


 * 1626-1757 Church records 1626-1757 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1758-1803 Church records 1758-1803 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1804-1830 Church records 1804-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1869 Baptisms 1830-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1869-1909 Baptisms 1869-1909 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1909-2017 Baptisms 1909-2017 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1963 Confirmations 1831-1963 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1889 Marriages 1830-1889 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1890-1985 Marriages 1890-1985 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1875 Burials 1830-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-2017 Burials 1876-2017 at Archion - images ($)

Frankenhain

 * 1804-1831 Church records 1804-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1896 Baptisms 1830-1896 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1896-2017 Baptisms 1896-2017 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1973 Confirmations 1831-1973 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1952 Marriages 1830-1952 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1952-2017 Marriages 1952-2017 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1909 Burials 1830-1909 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1910-2017 Burials 1910-2017 at Archion - images ($)

Hitzerode

 * 1804-1830 Church records 1804-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1843-1855 Copy of church records 1843-1855 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1910 Baptisms 1830-1910 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1887 Baptisms 1857-1887 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1911-2016 Baptisms 1911-2016 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2017 Confirmations 1831-2017 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1964 Marriages 1830-1964 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1972 Burials 1830-1972 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1875 Burials 1857-1875 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1973-2018 Burials 1973-2018 at Archion - images ($)

Wolfterode

 * 1804-1830 Church records 1804-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1973 Church records 1830-1973 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1884-2017 Baptisms 1884-2017 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1944-2014 Marriages 1944-2014 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1906-2017 Burials 1906-2017 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.


 * 1825-1852 Births, marriages and deaths 1825-1852 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1852-1864 Births, marriages and deaths 1852-1864 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1863-1910 Births, marriages and deaths 1863-1910 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1745-1824 List of Jewish inhabitants 1745-1824 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes Abterode
 * 1745-1824 Copy of list of Jewish inhabitants 1745-1824 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; hand-written copy, includes Abterode
 * 1738-1831 Index of Jewish families 1738-1831 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Frankershausen 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