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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Heckershausen 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 Heckershausen.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1640.


 * 1640-1714 Church records 1640-1714 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1727-1773 Church records 1727-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1899 Baptisms 1830-1899 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1900-1991 Baptisms 1900-1991 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1964 Confirmations 1831-1964 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1942 Marriages 1830-1942 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1962 Burials 1830-1962 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Heckershausen 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