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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kirchlotheim 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 Kirchlotheim.

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

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.

Kirchlotheim
Church records begin in 1652.


 * 1652-1709 Church records 1652-1709 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1776-1808 Church records 1776-1808 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1706-1765 Baptisms 1706-1765 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1808-1828 Baptisms 1808-1828 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1829-1842 Baptisms 1829-1842 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1843-1857 Baptisms 1843-1857 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1875 Baptisms 1858-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1935 Baptisms 1876-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1948 Confirmations 1876-1948 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1808-1875 Marriages 1808-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1953 Marriages 1876-1953 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1808-1842 Burials 1808-1842 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1843-1871 Burials 1843-1871 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1872-1875 Burials 1872-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1976 Burials 1876-1976 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1977-2006 Burials 1977-2006 at Archion - images ($)

Altenlotheim

 * baptisms 1808-1851 ($)
 * baptisms 1852-1875 ($)
 * baptisms 1876-1972 ($)
 * confirmations 1876-1981 ($)
 * marriages 1808-1875 ($)
 * marriages 1874-1992 ($)
 * burials 1808-1875 ($)
 * burials 1874-2006 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kirchlotheim 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