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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Heringen 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 Heringen.

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

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.

Heringen
Church records begin in 1639.


 * Church records 1639-1786 are available at the archive.
 * 1843-1858 Extract of church records 1843-1858 at Archion – images ($); record kept by schoolmaster
 * 1786-1830 Baptisms and confirmations 1786-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1850 Baptisms 1830-1850 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1851-1869 Baptisms 1851-1869 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1870-1905 Baptisms 1870-1905 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1906-1947 Baptisms 1906-1947 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1900 Confirmations 1831-1900 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1901-1954 Confirmations 1901-1954 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1786-1831 Marriages and burials 1786-1831 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1874 Marriages 1830-1874 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1874-1939 Marriages 1874-1939 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1939-1962 Marriages 1939-1962 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1861 Burials 1830-1861 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1862-1913 Burials 1862-1913 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1913-1983 Burials 1913-1983 at Archion – images ($)

Bengendorf

 * 1830-1984 Church records 1830-1984 at Archion – images ($)

Harnrode

 * 1830-1984 Church records 1830-1984 at Archion – images ($)

Leimbach

 * 1830-1987 Church records 1830-1987 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1974-2011 Burials 1974-2011 at Archion – images ($)

Lengers

 * 1786-1830 Church records 1786-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1916 Baptisms 1830-1916 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1830-2012 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1968 Marriages 1830-1968 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1980 Burials 1830-1980 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1981-2011 Burials 1981-2011 at Archion – images ($)

Wölfershausen

 * 1786-1830 Church records 1786-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1914 Baptisms 1830-1914 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1953 Marriages 1831-1953 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1971-2011 Burials 1971-2011 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Heringen 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