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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Niedenstein 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 Niedenstein.

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

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.

Niedenstein
Church records begin in 1653.


 * 1653-1767 Church records 1653-1767 at Archion - images($)
 * 1653-1766 Copy of church records 1653-1766 at Archion - images($); written copy made in 1828
 * 1688-1766 Church records 1688-1766 at Archion - images($)
 * 1767-1825 Church records 1767-1825 at Archion - images($)
 * 1767-1825 Copy of church records 1767-1825 at Archion - images($); written copy made in 1828
 * 1826-1845 Church records 1826-1845 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1879 Baptisms 1830-1879 at Archion - images($)
 * 1880-1976 Baptisms 1880-1976 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1976 Confirmations 1831-1976 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1948 Marriages 1830-1948 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1942 Burials 1830-1942 at Archion - images($)
 * 1653-1766 Church records index 1653-1766 at Archion - images($)
 * 1767-1830 Church records index 1767-1830 at Archion - images($)

Wichdorf

 * 1653-1773 Copy of church records 1653-1773 at Archion - images($); written copy made in 1829
 * 1774-1824 Church records 1774-1824 at Archion - images($)
 * 1825-1845 Church records 1825-1845 at Archion - images($)
 * 1857-1890 Church records 1857-1890 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1870 Baptisms 1830-1870 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-1976 Confirmations 1831-1976 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1939 Marriages 1830-1939 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1917 Burials 1830-1939 at Archion - images($)
 * 1653-1773 Index church records 1653-1773 at Archion - images($)
 * 1774-1830 Index church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niedenstein 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