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

Guide to Calden 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
Calden 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 Kalden.

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

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.

Calden
Church records begin in 1681.


 * 1681-1780 Church records 1681-1780 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1752-1831 Church records 1752-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1781-1809 Church records 1781-1809 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1810-1831 Church records 1810-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1868 Baptisms 1830-1868 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1869-1933 Baptisms 1869-1933 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1941 Confirmations 1831-1941 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1898 Marriages 1830-1898 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1899-1959 Marriages 1899-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1884 Burials 1830-1884 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1983 Burials 1884-1983 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1984-2013 Burials 1984-2013 at Archion - images, ($)

Wilhelmsthal
Additional records from 1755-1875 might be found in the parish records of Weimar.


 * 1831-1961 Church records 1831-1961 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Calden 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