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

Guide to Ramholz 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 Ramholz.

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

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 Ramholz belonged to the parish of Mottgers.

Reformed
The parish of Ramholz was established in 1660. Prior to 1660, Ramholz belonged to the parish of Mottgers.


 * church records 1660-1717 ($) Also, see Mottgers records through 1663.
 * church records 1700-1735 ($) (Confirmations from 1700-1830 are incomplete.)
 * church records 1735-1801 ($)
 * church records 1802-1830 ($)
 * baptisms 1741-1801 ($)
 * baptisms 1831-1886 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1972 ($)
 * marriages 1831-1875 ($)
 * marriages 1831-1959 ($)
 * burials 1831-1962 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ramholz 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