Neukirchen Parish (Kr. Ziegenhain), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Neukirchen 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
Neukirchen 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 Neukirchen.

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

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 1623.


 * 1623-1656 Church records 1623-1656 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1646-1678 Church records 1646-1678 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1674-1687 Church records 1674-1687 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1687-1726 Church records 1687-1726 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1727-1773 Church records 1727-1773 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1767-1781 Church records 1767-1781 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1782-1830 Church records 1782-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1859 Baptisms 1830-1859 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1859-1883 Baptisms 1859-1883 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1884-1941 Baptisms 1884-1941 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1921 Confirmations 1831-1921 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1922-1929 Confirmations 1922-1929 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1864 Marriages 1830-1864 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1862 Burials 1830-1862 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1862-1878 Burials 1862-1878 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1878-1957 Burials 1878-1957 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1957-2000 Burials 1957-2000 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1646-1829 Church record index 1646-1829 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Neukirchen began in October 1874.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet.

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