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

Guide to Datterode 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
Datterode 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 Datterode.

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

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 1689.


 * 1734-1823 Church records 1734-1823 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1824-1830 Church records 1824-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1881 Baptisms 1830-1881 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1881-2017 Baptisms 1881-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1689-1734 Baptisms and Burials 1689-1734 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1950 Confirmations 1831-1950 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1919 Marriages 1830-1919 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1920-2017 Marriages 1920-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1820-1902 Burials 1820-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1902-1945 Burials 1902-1945 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Datterode 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