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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kleinalmerode 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 Kleinalmerode.

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

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.

Kleinalmerode
Church records begin in 1642.


 * 1642-1723 Church records 1642-1723 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1723-1769 Church records 1723-1769 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1774-1817 Church records 1774-1817 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1818-1830 Church records 1818-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1744-1792 Baptisms 1744-1792 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1901 Baptisms 1830-1901 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1902-2012 Baptisms 1902-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2004 Confirmations 1831-2004 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1935 Marriages 1830-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1929 Burials 1830-1929 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1642-1829 Index of church records 1642-1829 at Archion - images ($)

Ellingerode

 * 1774-1817 Church records 1774-1817 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2012 Baptisms 1830-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2011 Marriages 1830-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2012 Burials 1830-2012 at Archion - images ($)

Rossbach

 * 1830-1938 Baptisms 1830-1938 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1886 Copy of baptisms, marriages and burials 1857-1886 at Archion - images ($); records kept by schoolteach
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1950 Marriages 1830-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1958 Burials 1830-1958 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kleinalmerode 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