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

Guide to Ulfen 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
Ulfen 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 Ulfen.

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

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.

Ulfen
Church records begin in 1643.


 * 1643-1672 Church records 1643-1672 at Archion - images, ($); includes Wölfterode
 * 1673-1830 a Church records 1673-1830 a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1673-1830 b Church records 1673-1830 b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1886 Baptisms 1830-1886 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1886-1985 Baptisms 1886-1985 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1979 Confirmations 1831-1979 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1948 Marriages 1830-1948 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1948-2006 Marriages 1948-2006 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1914-2018 Burials 1914-2018 at Archion - images, ($)

Blankenbach

 * 1698-1830 Church records, baptisms and confirmations 1698-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1698-1830 Church records, marriages and burials 1698-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2007 Baptisms 1830-2007 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2016 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2015 Marriages 1830-2015 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2018 Burials 1830-2018 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ulfen 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