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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Richelsdorf 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 Richelsdorf.

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

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 1686.


 * 1686-1798 Church records 1686-1798 at Archion - images($)
 * 1705-1774 Church records 1705-1774 at Archion - images($)
 * 1799-1830 Church records 1799-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1870 Baptisms 1830-1870 at Archion - images($)
 * 1870-1997 Baptisms 1870-1997 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1947 Confirmations 1831-1947 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1911 Burials 1830-1911 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.


 * 1830-1924 Births 1830-1924 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1852-1912 Marriages 1852-1912 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1851-1914 Deaths 1851-1914 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Richelsdorf 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