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

Guide to Unterhaun 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
Unterhaun 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 Unterhaun.

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

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.

Unterhaun
Church records begin in 1698.


 * 1698-1745 Church records 1698-1745 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1714-1772 Church records 1714-1772 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1912 Baptisms 1830-1912 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1912-2016 Baptisms 1912-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1954 Marriages 1830-1954 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1955-2016 Marriages 1955-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1971 Burials 1830-1971 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1972-2017 Burials 1972-2017 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Unterhaun 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