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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Frielingen 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 Frielingen.

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

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.

Frielingen
Church records begin in 1687.


 * 1687-1752 Church records 1687-1752 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1995 Confirmations 1831-1995 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1992 Marriages 1831-1992 at Archion – images, ($)

Allendorf

 * 1831-1994 Church records 1831-1994 at Archion – images, ($)

Frielingen, Gersdorf, Allendorf, Heddersdorf

 * 1858-1875 Baptisms and marriages 1858-1875 at Archion – images, ($)

Gersdorf

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1991 Church records 1830-1991 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1934-1995 Burials 1934-1995 at Archion – images, ($)

Heddersdorf

 * 1788-1830 Church records 1788-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1991 Church records 1830-1991 at Archion – images, ($)

Kirchheim, Heddersdorf
Parts of Heddersdorf belonged to the parish of Kirchheim and parts to the parish of Frielingen.


 * 1831-1970 Confirmations 1831-1970 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1880 Burials 1830-1880 at Archion – images, ($)

Kirchheim, Reckerode, Goßmannsrode, Gershausen, Rotterterode, Heddersdorf
Parts of Heddersdorf belonged to the parish of Kirchheim and parts to the parish of Frielingen.


 * 1770-1787 Church records 1770-1787 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Frielingen 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