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

Guide to Kleinschmalkalden 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
Kleinschmalkalden 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 Kleinschmalkalden.

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

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 1626.


 * church records 1626-1719 ($)
 * church records 1690-1740 ($)
 * church records 1720-1772 ($)
 * church records 1741-1773 ($)
 * church records 1773-1854 ($)
 * church records 1774-1792 ($)
 * church records 1793-1810 ($)
 * church records 1809-1820 ($)
 * church records 1811-1830 ($)
 * baptisms 1821-1850 ($)
 * baptisms 1830-1872 ($)
 * baptisms 1850-1875 ($)
 * baptisms 1857-1872 ($)
 * baptisms 1873-1898 ($)
 * baptisms 1876-1905 ($)
 * baptisms 1906-1992 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1907 ($)
 * confirmations 1860-1875 ($)
 * confirmations 1876-1934 ($)
 * marriages 1821-1866 ($)
 * marriages 1830-1898 ($)
 * marriages 1867-1876 ($)
 * marriages 1876-1927 ($)
 * marriages 1928-1989 ($)
 * burials 1821-1850 ($)
 * burials 1830-1852 ($)
 * burials 1830-1885 ($)
 * burials 1850-1875 ($)
 * burials 1853-1874 ($)
 * burials 1876-1931 ($)
 * burials 1932-1992 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kleinschmalkalden 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