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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hundelshausen 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 Hundelshausen.

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

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.

Hundelshausen
Church records begin in 1659.


 * 1659-1717 Church records 1659-1717 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1717-1763 Church records 1717-1763 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1761-1830 Church records 1761-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1787-1830 Church records 1787-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1763-1830 Baptisms 1763-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1869 Baptisms 1830-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1869-1926 Baptisms 1869-1926 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1963 Confirmations 1831-1963 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1763-1830 Marriages 1763-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1906 Marriages 1830-1906 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1898 Burials 1830-1898 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1898-2012 Burials 1898-2012 at Archion - images ($)

Dohrenbach

 * 1691-1773 Church records 1691-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1906 Baptisms 1830-1906 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2012 Confirmations 1830-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1966 Marriages 1830-1966 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1980 Burials 1830-1980 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hundelshausen 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