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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oetmannshausen 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 Ötmannshausen.

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

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.

Oetmannshausen
Church records begin in 1651.


 * Church records 1651-1830 are available at the archive.
 * 1830-2017 Baptisms 1830-2017 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-2015 Confirmations 1830-2015 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-2018 Marriages 1831-2018 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-2018 Burials 1830-2018 at Archion - images($)

Bernsdorf (later: Vierbach)
In 1936, Wipperode and Bernsdorf were merged and became Vierbach.


 * 1796-1830 Church records 1796-1830 at Archion - images($)

Wipperode (later: Vierbach)
In 1936, Wipperode and Bernsdorf were merged and became Vierbach.


 * 1830-2018 Baptisms 1830-2018 at Archion - images($); also, see the parish of Reichensachsen from 1867-1879
 * 1831-2018 Confirmations 1831-2018 at Archion - images($)
 * 1832-2018 Marriages 1832-2018 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-2018 Burials 1830-2018 at Archion - images($) also, see the parish of Reichensachsen from 1877-1879

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oetmannshausen 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