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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Martinhagen 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 Martinhagen.

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

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.

Martinhagen
Church records begin in 1692.


 * 1692-1749 Church records 1692-1749 at Archion - images($)
 * 1750-1788 Church records 1750-1788 at Archion - images($)
 * 1789-1828 Church records 1789-1828 at Archion - images($)
 * 1829-1830 Church records 1829-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1904 Baptisms 1830-1904 at Archion - images($)
 * 1885-1939 Baptisms 1885-1939 at Archion - images($); Martinhagen baptisms 1905-1939 starts on image 699
 * 1831-2001 Confirmations 1831-2001 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1950 Marriages 1830-1950 at Archion - images($)
 * 1950-1998 Marriages 1950-1998 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1968 Burials 1830-1968 at Archion - images($)
 * 1969-2001 Burials 1969-2001 at Archion - images($)

Grossenhof

 * 1830-1896 Church records 1830-1896 at Archion - images($)
 * 1885-1939 Baptisms 1885-1939 at Archion - images($); Grossenhof baptisms 1885-1896

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Martinhagen 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