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

Guide to Schenklengsfeld 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
Schenklengsfeld 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 Schenklengsfeld.

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

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.

Schenklengsfeld
Church records begin in 1643.


 * 1656-1659 Church records 1656-1659 are available at the archive
 * 1660-1705 Church records 1660-1705 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1705-1759 Church records 1705-1759 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1759-1789 Church records 1759-1789 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1790-1830 Church records 1790-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1660-1705 Baptisms, confirmations, and marriagess 1643-1655 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1860 Baptisms 1830-1860 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1860-1936 Baptisms 1860-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1947 Confirmations 1831-1947 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1936 Marriages 1830-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1937-1955 Marriages 1937-1955 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1936 Burials 1830-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1937-1958 Burials 1937-1958 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1959-1998 Burials 1959-1998 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Schenklengsfeld 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