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

Guide to Kappel 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
Kappel 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 Cappel or Kappel.

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

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.

Kappel (Cappel)
Lutheran church records begin in 1692.


 * 1692-1760 Church records 1692-1760 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1760-1830 Church records 1760-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1894 Church records 1830-1894 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms, confirmations
 * 1830-1870 Church records 1830-1870 at Archion - images, ($); marriages, burials
 * 1857-1926 Church records 1857-1926 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1904-1940 Church records 1904-1940 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1940 Baptisms 1884-1940 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1926-1949 Confirmations and marriages 1926-1949 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1950-1970 Marriages 1950-1970 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1940-1967 Burials 1940-1967 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1968-1995 a Burials 1968-1995 a at Archion - images, ($); Cappel I
 * 1968-1995 b Burials 1968-1995 b at Archion - images, ($); Cappel II

Ronhausen
Prior to 1617, Ronhausen belonged to the parish of Oberweimar. Check Oberweimar records prior to 1692 for possible Ronhausen entries.


 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1958 Church records 1830-1958 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1901-1987 Baptisms 1901-1987 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1923-1998 Burials 1923-1998 at Archion - images, ($)

Wolfshausen
Prior to 1692, Wolfshausen belonged to the parish of Fronhausen.


 * 1760-1830 Church records 1760-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1960 Church records 1830-1960 at Archion - images, ($)

Kappel (Cappel)
The Reformed church in Kappel was established in 1701. It had its own pastor from 1715-1722, otherwise is was under the care of various pastors, including from the Marburg garrison, the reformed orphanage in Marburg, the village of Schwabendorf, and lastly from the second Reformed parish of Marburg. Entries for Reformed residents prior to 1715 may also be included in the church records of the Reformed parish of Kirchhain.


 * Church records 1715-1830 are available at the archive.
 * 1830-1879 Church records 1830-1879 at Archion - images, ($); includes Frauenberg
 * 1880-1945 Church records 1880-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1890-1917 Church records 1890-1917 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kappel 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