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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kirchhain 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 Kirchhain.

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

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.

Kirchhain
Church records begin in 1624.


 * 1624-1748 Church records 1624-1748 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1748-1789 Church records 1748-1789 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1789-1810 Church records 1789-1810 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1811-1830 Church records 1811-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1893 Baptisms 1830-1893 at Archion – images ($); after 1865, entries for Amöneburg are entered after entries for Kirchhain
 * 1894-1963 Baptisms 1894-1963 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1911 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1911 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1912-1934 Confirmations 1912-1934 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1811-1830 Marriages and burials 1811-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1884-1999 Marriages 1884-1999 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1934-1992 Marriages 1934-1992 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1893 Burials 1830-1893 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1894-1981 Burials 1894-1981 at Archion – images ($)
 * 0000-0000 Family book 0000-0000 at Archion – images ($); includes families from all villages in the parish

Amöneburg

 * Marriages 1773-1830 are available at the archive
 * 1857-1858 Marriages 1857-1858 at Archion – images ($)

Langenstein

 * 1700-1802 Church records 1700-1802 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1802-1830 Church records 1802-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1886 Baptisms and confirmation 1830-1886 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1882-1964 Baptisms 1882-1964 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1887-1927 Confirmations 1887-1927 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1901 Marriages and burials 1830-1901 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1900-1963 Marriages 1900-1963 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1902-2000 Burials 1902-2000 at Archion – images ($)

Niederwald

 * 1700-1830 Church records 1700-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1950 Baptisms and confirmation 1830-1950 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1966 Marriages and burials 1830-1966 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1906-2000 Marriages 1906-2000 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1967-2000 Burials 1967-2000 at Archion – images ($)

Kirchhain
Church records begin in 1682.


 * 1682-1753 Church records 1682-1753 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1748-1774 Church records 1748-1774 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1774-1875 Church records 1774-1875 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1903 Baptisms 1830-1903 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1904-1934 Baptisms 1904-1934 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1934 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1934 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1920-1934 Confirmations 1920-1934 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1934 Burials 1830-1934 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kirchhain 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