Kassel Parishes, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kassel 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 Kassel.

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

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.

Altstädter Gemeinde

 * 1565-1598 Church records 1565-1598 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1599-1622 Church records 1599-1622 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1623-1684 Church records 1623-1684 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1627-1675 Church records 1627-1675 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1679-1717 Church records 1679-1717 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1943-1945 Church records 1943-1945 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1718-1736 Baptisms and confirmations 1718-1736 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1840-1845 Baptisms 1840-1845 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1855-1870 Baptisms 1855-1870 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1871-1881 Baptisms 1871-1881 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1888 Baptisms 1881-1888 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1888-1899 Baptisms 1888-1899 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1900-1904 Baptisms 1900-1904 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1904-1909 Baptisms 18904-1909 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1909-1914 [https://www.archion.de/en/viewer/?no_cache=1&type=churchRegister&uid=173474 Baptisms 1909-1914 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1868 Confirmations 1830-1868 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1869-1900 Confirmations 1869-1900 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1901-1909 Confirmations 1901-1909 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1909-1922 Confirmations 1909-1922 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1822-1943a Confirmations 1922-1943a8 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1922-1943b Confirmations 1922-1943b at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1679-1717 Marriages and burials 1679-1717 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1718-1736 Marriages and burials 1718-1736 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1840-1870 Marriages 1840-1870 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1871-1889 Marriages 1871-1889 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1890-1904 Marriages 1890-1904 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1905-1915 Marriages 1905-1915 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1915-1926 Marriages 1915-1926 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1926-1932 Marriages 1926-1932 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1933-1941 Marriages 1933-1941 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1942-1943 Marriages 1942-1943 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1946-1952 Marriages 1946-1952 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1842 Burials 1830-1842 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1843-1863 [https://www.archion.de/en/viewer/?no_cache=1&type=churchRegister&uid=173483 Burials 1843-1863 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1875 Burials 1864-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1876-1886 Burials 1876-1886 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1886-1895 Burials 1886-1895 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1896-1904 Burials II Bezirk 1896-1904 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1905-1915 Burials 1905-1915 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1915-1926 Burials 1915-1926 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1926-1942 Burials 1926-1942 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1946-1955 Burials 1946-1955 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1956-1979 Burials 1956-1979 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kassel 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