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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kaldern 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 Kaldern.

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

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.

Kaldern (Caldern)
Church records begin in 1792.


 * 1792-1836 Church records 1792-1836 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1854 Church records 1830-1854 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1855-1891 Church records 1855-1891 at Archion - images ($); baptisms and confirmations
 * 1856-1891 Church records 1856-1891 at Archion - images ($); marriages and burials

Brungershausen

 * 1792-1838 Church records 1792-1838 at Archion - images ($); Brungershausen records start at image 244.
 * 1830-1854 Church records 1830-1854 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1855-1951 Church records 1855-1951 at Archion - images,($)

Kernbach

 * 1792-1838 Church records 1792-1838 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1854 Church records 1830-1854 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1855-1999 Church records 1855-1999 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kaldern 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