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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rückingen 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 Rückingen.

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

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 1598.


 * 1598-1626 Church records 1598-1626 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1632-1712 Church records 1632-1712 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1712-1810 Church records 1712-1810 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1792-1834 Church records 1792-1834 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1811-1833 Church records 1811-1833 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1866 Baptisms 1830-1866 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1866-1900 Baptisms 1866-1900 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1952 Confirmations 1831-1952 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1903 Marriages 1830-1903 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1882 Burials 1830-1882 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rückingen 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