Allendorf Parish (Kr. Kirchhain), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

History
Historically also known as Katholisch-Allendorf. IN 1960 the community received city rights and was called Stadt Allendorf. In 1977 the name was changed to Stadtallendorf.

Jurisdictional Changes
Allendorf 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 Allendorf.

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

Catholic
Catholic church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Fulda Diocesan Archive in Fulda, Germany. The following records have been digitized by the website Matricula Online. You can learn how to use Matricula Online by clicking here. There are no indexes to these records. More recent records may be restricted.


 * 1655-1988 Church records 1655-1988 at Matricula Online - images

Protestant
The village was predominantly Catholic. Protestant residents belonged to the parish of Speckswinkel.

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1824-1849, 1918, 1933 Births 1824-1849, 1918, 1933 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1850-1891 Births 1850-1891 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1830-1855, 1884 Marriages 1830-1855, 1884 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1849 Deaths 1825-1849 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1851-1934 Deaths 1851-1934 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1853-1875 Deaths 1853-1875 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Allendorf 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