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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Röllshausen​ 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 Röllshausen.

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

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 1658.


 * 1658-1714 Church records 1658-1714 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1714-1785 Church records 1714-1785 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1786-1830 Church records 1786-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1805-1830 Church records 1805-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1704-1714 Baptisms and confirmations 1704-1714 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1850 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1850 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1869 Baptisms and confirmations 1851-1869 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1870-1924 Baptisms and confirmations 1870-1924 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1704-1714 Marriages and burials 1704-1714 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1850 Marriages and burials 1830-1850 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1869 Marriages and burials 1851-1869 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1870-1924 Marriages and burials 1870-1924 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Röllshausen 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