Kleinensee, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kleinensee 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 Kleinensee.

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

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.

Kleinensee belonged to the parish of Dankmarshausen in Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Additional records for Kleinensee may be included in the Dankmarshausen parish records.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1577.


 * 1577-1806 Church records 1577-1806 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1805-1831 Church records 1805-1831 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1933 Baptisms 1831-1933 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1987 Confirmations 1831-1987 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1977 Marriages 1831-1977 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1999 Burials 1830-1999 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kleinensee 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