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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hassenhausen 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 Hassenhausen.

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

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.

Hassenhausen
Church records begin in 1641.


 * 1641-1699 Church records 1641-1699 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1695-1780 Church records 1695-1780 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1773-1859 a Church records 1773-1859 A at Archion - images ($); for Hassenhausen and Erbenhausen
 * 1773-1859 b Church records 1773-1859 B at Archion - images ($); for Bellnhausen
 * 1830-1996 Church records 1830-1996 at Archion - images ($); confirmations, marriages, burials
 * 1830-1999 Baptisms 1830-1999 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1884-1995 Marriages 1884-1995 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1952-1999 Burials 1952-1999 at Archion - images ($)

Bellnhausen

 * 1830-1996 Church records 1830-1996 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1998 Baptisms 1830-1998 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1907-1998 Marriages 1907-1998 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1969 Burials 1830-1969 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1969-1999 Burials 1969-1999 at Archion - images ($)

Erbenhausen

 * 1830-1998 Church records 1830-1998 at Archion - images ($)

Sichertshausen

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1907 Church records 1830-1907 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1871-1998 Baptisms 1871-1998 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1908-1981 Confirmations 1908-1981 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1865-1934 Marriages 1865-1934 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1934-1998 Marriages 1934-1998 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1883-1962 Burials 1883-1962 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1963-1998 Burials 1963-1998 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hassenhausen 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