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

Guide to Altenfeld 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
Altenfeld 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 Altenfeld.

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

Catholic
Church records begin in 1636. Catholic residents of Altenfeld belonged to the parish of Poppenhausen.


 * 1636-1948 Church records 1636-1948 at Matricula Online - images; there is a gap in burial records from 1685-1693 and 1695-1701

Lutheran
Lutheran 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.

The Lutheran parish of Altenfeld was established in 1826. Prior to 1826, Lutheran residents belonged to the parish of Hettenhausen.


 * 1826-1867 Church records 1826-1867 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps in marriage records
 * 1853-1872 Church records 1853-1872 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps in marriage records
 * 1868-1915 Church records 1868-1915 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps in marriage records
 * 1910-1969 Baptisms 1910-1969 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1917-1968 Marriages 1917-1968 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1916-1969 Burials 1916-1969 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Altenfeld 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