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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Louisendorf 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 Louisendorf.

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

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.

French Reformed
Church records begin in 1688.


 * 1688-1831 Church records 1688-1831 at Archion - images ($); written in French, includes index at end of book
 * 1830-2014 Church records 1830-2014 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1893-2013 Confirmations 1893-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1925-2014 Marriages 1925-2014 at Archion - images ($)

Reformed
Also, see Frankenau records from 1801-1855.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Louisendorf 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