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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Haina 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 Haina.

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

Locations within Haina
Reformed parish included Dodenhausen and the historical Haina district, which included Altenhaina, Battenhausen, Ellnrode, Fischbach, Haddenberg, Halgehausen, Hütterode, and Hof-Kirschgarten.

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.

Kloster
Church records begin in 1651.


 * 1651-1721 Church records 1651-1721 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1721-1773 Church records 1721-1773 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1830-1911 Baptisms 1830-1911 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1912-1977 Baptisms 1912-1977 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1910 Confirmations and marriages 1831-1910 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1911-1993 Confirmations 1911-1993 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1911-1980 Marriages 1911-1980 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1911 Burials 1830-1911 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1912-2000 Burials 1912-2000 at Archion - images, ($)

Hospital

 * 1830-1929 Burials 1830-1929 at Archion - images, ($)

Amt Haina (historical district of Haina)
The Reformed parish of Haina was established in 1830. Prior to that, the Reformed residents of Haina/Haina-Kloster belonged to the parishes of Gemünden from 1707-1828 and Frankenberg from 1659-1693. There is a gap in records between 1828-1830 and 1693-1707.


 * 1831-1931 Baptisms and confirmations 1831-1931 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1931 Marriages and burials 1830-1931 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1868-1931 Burials 1868-1931 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Haina 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