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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Sielen 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 Sielen.

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

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
Church records begin in 1598.


 * 1598-1713 Church records 1598-1713 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1714-1777 Church records 1714-1777 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1778-1831 Church records 1778-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1876 Baptisms 1830-1876 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1956 Baptisms 1876-1956 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1974 Confirmations 1831-1974 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1932 Marriages 1830-1932 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1933-2011 Marriages 1933-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1907 Burials 1830-1907 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1908-2013 Burials 1908-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Sielen 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