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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kilianstädten 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 Kilianstädten.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Kilianstädten belonged to the parish of Windecken.

Reformed
Church records begin in 1651.


 * 1651-1724 Church records 1651-1724 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1725-1758 Church records 1725-1758 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1758-1814 Church records 1758-1814 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1814-1830 Church records 1814-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1858 Baptisms 1830-1858 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1953 Confirmations 1831-1953 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1883 Marriage banns 1830-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1894 Marriages 1830-1894 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1875 Burials 1830-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1934 Burials 1876-1934 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kilianstädten 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