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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Seligenthal 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 Seligenthal.

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

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.

Seligenthal
Church records begin in 1715.


 * 1715-1761 Church records 1715-1761 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1761-1793 Church records 1761-1793 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1793-1812 Church records 1793-1812 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1812-1830 Church records 1812-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1930 Baptisms 1830-1930 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1971 Confirmations 1831-1971 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1982 Confirmations 1831-1982 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Marriages 1830-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1943 Burials 1830-1943 at Archion – images, ($)

Seligenthal

 * 1802-1830 Church records 1802-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1866 Church records 1830-1866 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1859 Baptisms 1830-1859 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1859-1933 Baptisms 1859-1933 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1930 [https://www.archion.de/en/viewer/?no_cache=1&type=churchRegister&uid=181001 Marriages 1830-1932 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1890 Burials 1830-1890 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Seligenthal 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