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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Schemmern 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 Schemmern.

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

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.

Schemmern
Church records begin in 1679.


 * 1679-1776 Church records 1679-1776 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1776-1831 Church records 1776-1831 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1830-1896 Baptisms 1830-1896 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1897-1971 Baptisms 1897-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1971 Confirmations 1831-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1971 Marriages 1831-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1942 Burials 1830-1942 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1942-1971 Burials 1942-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1679-1773 Index of church records 1679-1773 at Archion - images ($)

Burghofen

 * 1778-1830 Church records 1778-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1971 Baptisms 1830-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1971 Confirmations 1831-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1970 Marriages 1831-1970 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1971 Burials 1830-1971 at Archion - images ($)

Eltmannsee

 * 1830-1971 Church records 1830-1971 at Archion - images ($)

Gehau

 * 1830-1971 Church records 1830-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1914-1971 Baptisms 1914-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1968-1970 Burials 1968-1970 at Archion - images ($)

Hetzerode

 * 1778-1830 Church records 1778-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1971 Baptisms 1830-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1970 Confirmations 1831-1970 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1971 Marriages 1831-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1971 Burials 1830-1971 at Archion - images ($)

Mäckelsdorf

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1971 Church records 1830-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1891-1971 Baptisms 1891-1971 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1908-1971 Burials 1908-1971 at Archion - images ($)

Schemmern

 * 1873-1954 Church records of Hessian Renitents 1873-1954 at Archion - images ($); includes Burghofen, Friemen, Thurnhosbach, Mitterode, Bischofferode, and Schlierbach with Allendorf a/Landsburg, and Ellerode

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Schemmern 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