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

Guide to Uttrichshausen 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 Uttrichshausen.

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

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 Uttrichshausen belonged to the parish of Mottgers.

Reformed
The parish of Uttrichshausen was established in 1663. There is a gap in records between 1663 and 1683. Prior to 1663, Uttrichshausen belonged to the parish of Mottgers.


 * church records 1683-1796 ($) Church records from 1708-1759 might also be found in Sterbfritz.
 * church records 1797-1841 ($)
 * church records 1815 ($)
 * baptisms 1830-1953 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1998 ($)
 * marriages 1830-1997 ($)
 * burials 1830-1998 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Uttrichshausen 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