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

Guide to Orferode 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
Orferode 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 Orferode.

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

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.

Orferode
Church records begin in 1580, with gaps.


 * 1580-1626 Church records 1580-1626 at Archion - images, ($), also includes Kammerbach
 * 1650-1742 Church records 1650-1742 at Archion - images, ($), also includes Kammerbach
 * 1733-1767 Church records 1733-1767 at Archion - images, ($), also includes Kammerbach
 * 1765-1792 Church records 1765-1792 at Archion - images, ($), also includes Kammerbach
 * 1780-1830 Church records 1780-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1857-1879 Additional church records 1857-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Baptisms 1830-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1986 Confirmations 1831-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Marriages 1830-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Burials 1830-1986 at Archion - images, ($)

Kammerbach

 * Church records 1650-1780 are available at the archive.
 * 1780-1830 Church records 1780-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Baptisms 1830-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1986 Confirmations 1831-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Marriages 1830-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Burials 1830-1986 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Orferode 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