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

Guide to Leckringhausen 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
Leckringhausen 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 Leckringhausen.

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

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.

Leckringhausen
Church records begin in 1699.


 * 1699-1836 church records 1699-1836 at Archion - images, ($); entries are in French through 1826.
 * 1830-1996 Church records 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($); includes Wolfhagen

Ippinghausen

 * 1708-1805 Church records 1708-1805 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1804-1830 Church records 1804-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1900 Baptisms 1830-1900 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1901-1996 Baptisms 1901-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1990 Confirmations 1831-1990 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Marriages 1830-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1833-1878 Marriages 1833-1878 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1947-1994 Marriages 1947-1994 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1947 Burials 1830-1947 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Leckringhausen 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