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

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

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Aue.

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

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
The parish of Aue was established in 1830. Prior to 1830, Aue belonged to either the parish of Haindorf or of Schmalkalden.


 * church records 1830-1931 ($)

Reformed
The Reformed residents of Aue belonged to either the parish of Haindorf or of Schmalkalden.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Aue 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