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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Oberissigheim 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 Oberissigheim.

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

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 1584.


 * 1584-1683 Church records 1584-1683 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1772-1830 Church records 1772-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1969 Baptisms 1830-1969 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1874 Marriage banns 1830-1874 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1967 Marriages 1830-1967 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Oberissigheim 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