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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hümme 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 Hümme.

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

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.

Hümme
Church records begin in 1640.


 * 1640-1724 Church records 1640-1724 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1720-1765 Church records 1720-1765 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1765-1831 Church records 1765-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1863 Baptisms 1830-1863 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1924 Baptisms 1864-1924 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1934 Confirmations 1831-1934 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1891 Marriages 1830-1891 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1891-1968 Marriages 1891-1968 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1874 Burials 1830-1874 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1874-1904 Burials 1874-1904 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1905-2009 Burials 1905-2009 at Archion - images ($)

Stammen

 * 1720-1777 Church records 1720-1777 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1775-1831 Church records 1775-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1915 Baptisms 1830-1915 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2013 Confirmations 1831-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Marriages 1830-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1938-2013 Marriages 1938-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1936 Burials 1830-1936 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1938-2013 Burials 1938-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hümme 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