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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rambach 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 Rambach.

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

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.

Rambach
Church records begin in 1650.


 * 1650-1731 Church records 1650-1731 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1734-1787 Church records 1734-1787 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1765-1830 Church records 1765-1830 at Archion - imags, ($); with gaps
 * 1830-2017 Baptisms 1830-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2017 Confirmations 1831-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Marriages 1830-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-2017 at Archion - images, ($)

Weissenborn

 * 1730-1794 Church records 1730-1794 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1795-1830 Church records 1795-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1905 Baptisms 1830-1905 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1906-2017 Baptisms 1906-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2004 Confirmations 1831-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1940 Marriages 1830-1940 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1940-1996 Marriages 1940-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1965 Burials 1830-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1966-2018 Burials 1966-2018 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rambach 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