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

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

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Reinhards.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Reinhards belonged to the parishes of Schlüchtern from 1782-1818 and Steinau before 1782.

Reformed
The parish of Reinhards was established in 1848. Prior to 1848, Reinhards belonged to the parish of Hintersteinau.


 * baptisms 1848-1997 ($)
 * confirmations 1848-1998 ($)
 * marriages 1848-1995 ($)
 * burials 1848-1996 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Reinhards 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