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

Guide to Helsa 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
Helsa 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 Helsa.

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

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.

Helse
Church records begin in 1638.


 * 1638-1667 Church records 1638-1667 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1667-1772 Church records 1667-1772 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1811 Church records 1773-1811 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1811-1842 Church records 1811-1842 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1862 Baptisms 1830-1862 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1862-1910 Baptisms 1862-1910 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1924 Confirmations 1831-1924 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1899 Marriages 1830-1899 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1873 Burials 1830-1873 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1874-1946 Burials 1874-1946 at Archion - images, ($)

Wickenrode

 * 1648-1730 Church records 1648-1730 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1731-1753 Church records 1731-1753 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1754-1830 Church records 1754-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1850-1899 Church records 1850-1899 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1850-1940 Church records 1850-1940 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1869 Baptisms 1830-1869 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1869-1915 Baptisms 1869-1915 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1938 Confirmations 1831-1938 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1899 Marriages 1830-1899 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1899 Burials 1830-1899 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Helsa 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