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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Heiligenrode 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 Heiligenrode.

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

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.

Heiligenrode
Church records begin in 1634.


 * 1634-1694 Church records 1634-1694 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1694-1720 Church records 1694-1720 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1694-1831 Baptisms 1694-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1872 Baptisms 1830-1872 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1873-1927 Baptisms 1873-1927 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1695-1830 Confirmations 1695-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1927 Confirmations 1831-1927 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1694-1831 Marriages 1694-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1732-1780 Marriages 1732-1780 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1792-1899 Marriages 1792-1899 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1903 Marriages 1830-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1694-1831 Burials 1694-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1890 Burials 1830-1890 at Archion - images ($)

Sandershausen

 * 1694-1831 Baptisms 1694-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1895 Baptisms 1830-1895 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1947 Confirmations 1831-1947 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1782-1908 Marriage banns 1782-1908 at Archion - images ($); includes Heiligenrode
 * 1694-1830 Marriages 1694-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1914 Marriages 1830-1914 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1694-1830 Burials 1694-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1896 Burials 1830-1896 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Heiligenrode 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