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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Eimelrod 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 Eimelrod.

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

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 1808.


 * 1808-1839 Baptisms 1808-1839 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1839-1858 Baptisms 1839-1858 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1859-1875 Baptisms 1859-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1989 a Baptisms 1876-1989 a at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1989 b Baptisms 1876-1989 b at Archion - images ($)
 * 1808-1875 Confirmations 1808-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1986 a Confirmations 1876-1986 a at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1986 b Confirmations 1876-1986 b at Archion - images ($)
 * 1808-1875 Marriages 1808-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-2002 Marriages 1876-2002 a at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-2002 Marriages 1876-2002 b at Archion - images ($)
 * 1808-1865 Burials 1808-1865 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1865-1875 Burials 1865-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-2002 a Burials 1876-2002 a at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-2002 b Burials 1876-2002 b at Archion - images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1823-1873 Births 1823-1873 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1839-1874 Marriages 1839-1874 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1838-1873 Deaths 1838-1873 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Eimelrod 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