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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kirchbauna 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 Kirchbauna.

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

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.

Kirchbauna
Church records begin in 1598.


 * Church records 1598-1830 are available at the archive.
 * 1830-1905 Baptisms 1830-1905 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1906-2001 Baptisms 1906-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1972 Confirmations 1831-1972 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1950 Marriages 1830-1950 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1950-1996 Marriages 1950-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1988 Burials 1830-1988 at Archion - images, ($)

Altenbauna

 * 1830-1937 Church records 1830-1937 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1982 Confirmations 1831-1982 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1061 Marriages 1830-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1977 Burials 1830-1977 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1977-2000 Burials 1977-2000 at Archion - images, ($)

Hertingshausen

 * 1830-1934 Baptisms and burials 1830-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1935-2001 Baptisms and burials 1935-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1972 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1972 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1949-2000 Marriages 1949-2000 at Archion - images, ($)

Rengershausen

 * 1776-1830 Church records 1776-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1937 Baptisms 1830-1937 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2001 Confirmations 1831-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1958 Marriages 1830-1958 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1997 Burials 1830-1997 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kirchbauna 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